Volunteers are compensated for any inconvenience they may suffer by participating in the study. This is conditional on following the study requirements.
If you are receiving a benefit or allowance from a government agency, there may be implications for this if you participate in the study. You may wish to discuss this with your case manager prior to taking part. The payment advice you receive will state that you were paid from the admission visit until the final follow-up visit. ACS staff are not qualified to provide advice on tax issues.
If you are withdrawn from the study for medical reasons, having received trial medication, you will receive payment in full. If you withdraw for any other reason you may not be entitled to full payment but you will receive a portion of the payment, depending on how much of the study you have completed.
Once you have been accepted onto a study you will be offered assistance with travel costs. ACS provides either taxi vouchers to volunteers who live within the city, or petrol vouchers to volunteers who provide their own transport. There is no volunteer parking available at ACS. Metered parking is available on Grafton Road and the Auckland City Hospital carpark is nearby. If you live outside Auckland, the study staff will advise you on your travel payment entitlement.