The province is acting on early health authority review findings by moving administrative and corporate services into a new provincial entity.

The RAPP team has been actively advancing multiple workstreams, aiming on bringing the project closer to its goal of streamlining research approvals and increasing timeliness of health research in BC.

As Phase 2 moves forward, the working groups for the privacy, operational approvals and contracts and agreements workstreams are being reinstated to ensure the project deliverables remain collaborative and informed.

As work continues to progress, RAPP is reinstating working groups specific to individual workstreams to advance goals and plans for Phase 2 deliverables.

RAPP, with its health authority partners, is closely following national initiatives and is ready to leverage their successes where possible.

The RAPP team is set to complete the Initial Deliverables by workstream to support future advancements and changes to British Columbia’s research approval process.

As 2024 ends, we wanted to highlight key developments that have occurred this year.