Finance

Costs for using the CRF

The NIHR Imperial CRF is a department of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust therefore all costs relating to our use will be included in the overall NHS costs.

Industry contract studies

All commercial companies delivering clinical trials in NHS trusts must use the UK interactive Costing Tool (iCT). This is a web-based tool through which the UK’s standardised costing methodology is accessed and applied to commercial clinical trials. This tool is used for determining resource requirements for study delivery at a national level, and also for calculating site-specific prices.

Further information and access to the costing tool can be found on the NIHR NCVR webpage

Non-commercial studies

All clinical research involving Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) sites, staff, patients or NHS data must be reviewed and assessed for costs by ICHT. This includes all studies that plan to use the CRF.

Information on how to obtain ICHT costs can be found on the Joint Research Office webpage in the 'Studies involving the NHS' section