Guidance

Attributing the costs of health and social care research

A mechanism for the department to meet some of the costs of charity-funded research in the NHS.

Applies to England

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In April 2024 this document was republished in an accessible format. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp guidance itself remains the same since it was last updated on 8 August 2019 - it will be fully updated later in 2024.

This guidance provides a framework for the NHS and its partners to identify, recover and attribute the costs of health and social care research and development (ACoRD) in a transparent and consistent way.

It makes clear the distinction between:

  • research costs
  • NHS support costs
  • NHS treatment costs

Further information on AcoRD, including , is available on the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) website.

Updates to this page

Published 4 May 2012
Last updated 15 April 2024 show all updates
  1. Republished the guidance in an accessible format.

  2. Replaced a broken link.

  3. Outdated FAQs information has been removed. A link has been added to where further information is available on the National Institute for Healtl Research (NIHR) website.

  4. Question 31 in annex B edited for clarification.

  5. Updated Annexes A and B to take into account new conditions.

  6. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp guidance’s annexes (A and B) were updated in April 2013 to take into account new conditions.

  7. First published.

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