Consultations on governance document documents

Consultation on the print and archival format for Institute documents: what a printed copy must carry so that it remains checkable when detached from the site, and what an archival copy must preserve.

Consultation on the terms governing the Institute's calculators. The draft states that a calculator implements a published formula, that it holds no user data, and that its output is a computation and not clinical advice.

Consultation on how the Institute should label a programme record it has constructed by grouping trials, as distinct from a programme as defined by its sponsor. The draft proposes a standing notice on every constructed record stating who…

Consultation on the policy governing how the Institute cites evidence. The draft requires that every citation resolve to a retrievable source, that an identifier the Institute does not hold be recorded as not held rather than…

Consultation on the policy governing how the Institute corrects a published document and how versions are numbered, retained and linked. The draft retains every superseded version at a stable address and requires that a correction state…

Consultation on the policy governing the public register of Institute members, reviewers, correspondents and contributors: who appears, what is published about each, and what is not. The draft publishes affiliation and declared interests…

Consultation on the policy governing the declaration and management of interests across the Institute, covering assessment committee members, external reviewers, contributors and respondents to consultations. The draft proceeds from the…

Consultation on the policy governing what funding the Institute accepts, from whom, and on what published terms. The draft prohibits any funding arrangement that confers rights of review over an assessment before publication, and requires…