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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Compliance Returns

Several government regulations apply to research and other work conducted at the University. Some of these require personal or institutional licenses or registrations, and others require that information be submitted to the Government.

To ensure compliance with these regulations, the University requests information from schools and research institutions twice a year: once in the summer and again in the winter.

SUMMER RETURN - 2026

The faculty has received the annual request from David Barker, Executive Director of Compliance and Risk, to provide information for the Summer Regulatory Compliance returns listed below.

1: REGULATORY RETURN

If you possess or supply any of the following items;

  • Controlled Drugs
  • DEFRA licences (Plant Health licences and/or SAPO licences)
  • Explosives and desensitised explosives
  • Schedule 5 pathogens and toxins and their nucleic acids
  • Firearms licences
  • Zoo licences
  • Ground and wall probing radar (NEW ADDITION)

Please download the Summer Regulatory Return form 2026, complete and return it to the FBMH Compliance and Risk team via email to FBMHhealthandsafety@manchester.ac.uk before Friday, 14th August 2026.

To submit a “Nil” return, an email to FBMHhealthandsafety@manchester.ac.uk will suffice (i.e., a form does not need to be completed to submit a “Nil” return.)

Please direct any questions to your School Compliance and Risk Manager via email to FBMHhealthandsafety@manchester.ac.uk.

 

2: HUMAN TISSUE SURVEY

If you use or store a human biological sample, please download the Annual HTA survey 2026, complete and return it to diane.escott@manchester.ac.uk before Friday, 28th August 2026.

Please direct any questions to Diane Escott via email: diane.escott@manchester.ac.uk.

For non-University sites, please ensure that you inform the Designated Individual at that site of your use/storage of human tissue samples for research purposes. 

For samples stored on Manchester Foundation Trust premises, please contact Dr Jay Brown (Jay.Brown@mft.nhs.uk)

For samples stored on Christie Hospital premises, Paterson building, and the Oglesby Cancer Research Centre, please contact Ms Basia Hunt (the-christie.HumanTissueResearch@nhs.net)

For samples stored at Salford Royal Hospital, please contact Dr Rob Oliver (Rob.Oliver@manchester.ac.uk)

 

3: MEDICAL DEVICES SURVEY

If you are involved with the design/manufacture/use of a medical device, this includes software development as well as physical devices, please complete and submit the online Medical Devices Survey before Friday, 14th August 2026

Please direct any questions to the Clinical Trials team via email:  medicaldevices@manchester.ac.uk  

 

4: INFORMATION GOVERNANCE SURVEY

If you are in receipt of (or are storing) data provided by organisations such as;

  • NHS England
  • NHS Digital
  • Public Health England
  • Office for National Statistics (ONS)
  • National Pupils Database
  • or other organisations with security arrangements that can be met by the University’s Data Safe Haven

Please complete the online Information Governance Survey before Friday, 14th August 2026.

Please direct any questions via email to Data_RG@manchester.ac.uk

 

5: NAGOYA PROTOCOL SURVEY

Please complete the online Nagoya Protocol Survey before Friday, 14th August 2026

Full guidance and relevant links can be accessed on the University's Nagoya Protocol webpage. 

Please direct any questions to Pavlos Geranios via email:  pavlos.geranios@manchester.ac.uk

 

Additional information about the regulatory compliance returns is available on the University’s Compliance and Risk website:

https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/compliance-and-risk/compliance/.

If anything about this request is not clear, please contact your School Compliance and Risk Manager via email to FBMHhealthandsafety@manchester.ac.uk.

 

Queries and Contacts

Additional information about the regulatory compliance returns is available on the University’s Compliance and Risk website: https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/compliance-and-risk/compliance/.

If anything about this request is not clear, please contact the Compliance and Risk team or your Compliance and Risk Manager: 

A reminder from the University’s Regulatory Compliance Officer

Remember: Do not send any sensitive material in the body of the email when sending your returns. Use encrypted attachments to send sensitive data and communicate the password via MS Teams or by telephone (phone call or text message).

There is a university guide on handling sensitive data.