Consent for Contact (C4C)
Consent for Contact (C4C) is South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust’s research register for service-users.
Consent for Contact (C4C) is South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust’s research register. It is an opportunity for service-users who are interested in taking part in research to hear about studies they are eligible for.
In consenting to the C4C register, service-users are saying “Yes” to researchers looking at their healthcare records and then being contacted by a researcher about the specific study the researcher is conducting.
By accessing your records, researchers can check if you might be suitable for a specific research study based on different aspects of your health, for example, your symptoms or your medication.
Researchers would most likely contact you by mobile phone or by email – depending on your preference – to ask if you want to take part in their study. All researchers are approved by, or work for SLaM services.
You can say how you would like to be contacted and what sort of research you want to get involved in. You do not have to consent to any study and do not need to provide a reason for why you may not want to take part. Whether you sign up for the Consent for Contact register or not, your care will not be affected in any way. You can opt-out of the Consent for Contact register at any time if you no longer wish to be on it.
Are you currently using a Trust service? If so, and you’re interested in signing up to C4C you can:
- Talk to your care coordinator
- Email the C4C team at c4c@slam.nhs.uk