Research Ethics Review

Research Ethics Review - General

Guidance -

Declaration of Helsinki (2008)

World Medical Association: Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects

National Research Ethics Service

National Research Ethics Service (NRES)

NRES Standard Operation Procedures for NHS RECs

National Research Ethics Service (NRES) Glossary

Applications

Integrated Research Application System (IRAS)

IRAS Guidance (including user manual and question-specific guidance)

 
Consent

Guidance -

MRC: Personal Information in Medical Research

A Guide to Understanding Informed Consent 

 
Developing Societies and Research

Guidance -

MRC: Research involving Human Participants in Developing Societies

 
Is it Research?

Guidance -

Defining and Categorising Research

NHS R&D Forum: Guidance on managing and categorising research and related projects

NRES: Defining Research

Research / Audit / Service Evaluation

NRES Ethics Consultation Group: Differentiating Audit, Service Evaluation and Research

NRES: Research or Audit?

 
Radiation in Research

Guidance -

Approval Process (updated sept 2008)

Approval flowchart for research involving ionising radiation

NRES Ionising Radiation - Approval Process