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Directory of NRES Research Ethics Committees

This page may be used to find the contact details for any UK Research Ethics Committee (REC).
Use the keyword search function, below, to locate the REC which you require. This page will show only RECs which are currently active.

NRES Committees and Independent RECs may be located by keyword search, however, there is an advanced search page which will allow you to search by keyword, country, appointing authority, committee type and committee flag.



When booking in a new application, in order to ensure that your application is allocated to the most appropriate Committee and the earliest meeting date, it is advisable to use either the:
  • Local Allocation Service
    (To book with any Committee within a particular REC Centre).
  • Central Allocation Service (for CTIMPs; research involving medical devices; research involving prisoners; research involving adults lacking capacity; establishing research tissue banks; projects funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); establishing research databases).

Recent changes to NRES Committee names

A number of Committees changed their names during the first quarter of 2010 and further name changes have taken place as of 01 April 2011.

RECs which have closed or merged with others remain in the Directory. While these do not contain contact details, they do contain information advising to which REC correspondence regarding existing applications should be directed. Closed RECs are still locatable via the advanced search page.

If a REC you require is not listed please contact the Regional Manager for your area.
Some types of research will require review by a particular Type of committee or one that is specifically qualified to review certain types of project.
Researchers who wish to attend the REC meeting at which their project is to be reviewed may need to take into account the dates of REC meetings when selecting which Committee to apply to.


NRES CommitteeTownCountryRegion
Dyfed Powys Research Ethics CommitteeCarmarthenWales 
East Midlands – Derby 1NottinghamEnglandEast Midlands
East Midlands – LeicesterNottinghamEnglandEast Midlands
East Midlands – NorthamptonNottinghamEnglandEast Midlands
East Midlands – Nottingham 1NottinghamEnglandEast Midlands
East Midlands – Nottingham 2NottinghamEnglandEast Midlands
East of England – Cambridge CentralCambridgeEnglandEast of England
East of England – Cambridge EastCambridge EnglandEast of England
East of England – Cambridge SouthCambridge EnglandEast of England
East of England - EssexCambridgeEnglandEast of England