Subject: HTA Programme - Change to Output Notification Guidelines
Please be advised that there has been a change to NETSCC’s output notification policy. From
now onwards, all study participant materials will be considered outputs and must be notified
to your appointed Programme Manager via our online MIS through the ‘Update Output
Notification’ task.
All participant materials must include the NIHR logo whenever possible, following the NIHR
branding guidelines. If an NHS organisation logo is used in the materials, the NIHR logotype
must not be included on the same page. The appropriate logos should be accompanied by a
funding statement such as the following:
“This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research [name programme]
(project number xx/xx/xx).”
Participant material that has already been produced can still be used, but if you reprint or
make changes to your protocol please do take the opportunity to add the logo and/or
funding statement at that time.
For further guidance on outputs please see the attached document
(http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/35972/Guidanceonoutputs.pdf
section 4.8, refers specifically to participant materials). Information on outputs and the NIHR
logo may also be found on the NETSCC website under the ’Acknowledgements and
disclaimers’ section of the Project Outputs page.
Please contact your Programme Manager for further clarification if needed.
Kind regards
Administration Team (Monitoring)
National Institute for Health Research
Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre
University of Southampton
Alpha House, Enterprise Road
Southampton SO16 7NS
Tel: 023 8059 5580
Email: Htamon@soton.ac.uk