Sentence examples for contract benchmarks from inspiring English sources

With inconsistent approaches across trusts, duplication of ethical review and unclear delays the research community called for agreed timeframes to be imposed on R&D departments. 1 6 8 In 2011 the government introduced NHS contract benchmarks to incentivise trusts to recruit the first patient within 70 days of receiving a valid SSI application.

If HRA performance targets become based on time from ethical submission to opening sites there is a potential danger that delays may simply be shifted to an earlier part of the process as seen with the introduction of the NHS contract benchmarks.

The median time for recruiting the first patient from SSI validation was 127 days (IQR 64.0 230.0) which is significantly more than the 70 day contract benchmark (see online supplementary figure S2).

It had to move forward with speed, and if the contract lacked benchmarks or risk management, forget it.

The NIHR developed the Research Support Services Framework in 2011 that required NHS service providers to publish outcomes against contract NIHR benchmarks from 2012 onwards.

Margins on the Brent crude oil contract, the benchmark oil traded in London, have increased eight times this year.

Moreover, if the CSQI is to be used for operator contract development, benchmarking and compliance, a larger sample of bus users in particular will be required as it will be important to capture data effectively for each contract area.

The level of price hikes in annual contracts was benchmarked to the first deal of the year struck between any of the major iron ore suppliers and steelmakers.

In the absence of sophisticated contracts, the benchmark contract for the IDM and foundry is a wholesale price contract.

The benchmark contract, for November crude, closed at $34.99 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, down $1.07.

The benchmark contract was attained by Danys Baez, a Cuban pitcher Cleveland signed in 1999.