National Research Ethics Service

NRES News and Announcements

Notification of changes to NRES guidance and Operating Procedures; developments in Research Ethics and Research Governance; service announcements.

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HRA Consultation of Business Plans03 February 2012
HRA Staff Consultation03 February 2012
AAPEC Ethics Committee Closures02 February 2012
Public involvement in research applications to the National Research Ethics Service29 November 2011
Health Research Authority to be established28 November 2011
New Health Research Authority29 September 2011
Announcement from the Appointing Authority for Phase 1 Ethics Committees29 September 2011
Version 5.0 of the NRES Standard Operating Procedures for RECs15 August 2011
Proportionate Review Service now available in Scotland01 August 2011
Governance Arrangements for Research Ethics Committees (GAfREC)09 May 2011
Changes to the names of NHS Research Ethics Committees04 April 2011
Government sets out new Plan for Growth - March 2011 - implications for health research and NRES29 March 2011
Expanded remit for the National Social Care Research Ethics Committee02 March 2011
Academy of Medical Sciences Report: A new pathway for regulation and governance of health research11 January 2011
Student Research20 October 2010
Release of Adults lacking Capacity Toolkit14 October 2010
Extension of the Proportionate Review Pilot01 October 2010
ALB and AMS review08 September 2010
Revision of Standard Operating Procedures25 August 2010
Data on Research Ethics Committees in Seven Countries Outside Europe19 August 2010
Memorandum of Understanding between NRES, MHRA, GTAC and AAPEC25 June 2010
Changes to REC Names26 April 2010
NRES form online system closes01 September 2009
New arrangements for studies using the NRES form online system14 August 2009
NRES Plan 2009-201003 April 2009
IRAS replaces NRES online form for all new REC applications25 March 2009
Third bulletin on the transfer of Site-Specific Assessment25 March 2009
Version 4.0 of NRES Standard Operating Procedures25 March 2009
Second bulletin on the transfer of Site-Specific Assessment04 March 2009
Bulletin on the Site-Specific Assessment transfer21 January 2009
Joint letter from RCP, DH and NRES in response to the article published in Research Ethics Review21 January 2009
Important changes to RECs recognised to review Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products11 November 2008
HR/Change Management Consultancy for the National Research Ethics Committees07 November 2008
Promoting transparent, ethical research01 September 2008
Security of NHS patient data shared for research purposes14 August 2008
Take 2 minutes to complete our website survey07 August 2008
New arrangements for ethical review of Establishment of Research Databases23 July 2008
Summary of main enhancements to the NHS REC Application Form (version 5.1)30 June 2008
New guidance on suspension or termination of ethical opinion.30 June 2008
New guidance on ethical review of indemnity for GP researchers30 June 2008
Change to NHS REC Application Form sieve for Phase 1 CTIMPs.30 June 2008
Amendment to Clinical Trials Regulations and updated informed consent27 June 2008
Template for applicants' CVs24 June 2008
COREC issues information on consent in clinical trials.23 June 2008
COREC joins National Patient Safety Agency.23 June 2008
European Commission directive on good clinical practice.23 June 2008
Medical Devices Research28 April 2008
Mental Capacity Act 2005 transitional arrangements24 April 2008
Project to improve public reporting of clinical trials underway07 March 2008
National Research Ethics Service (NRES) Project Contributes to Transparency & Safety in UK Clinical Trials29 February 2008
Launch of the National Research Ethics Service (NRES)20 November 2007