A E While1. 1. Department of Nursing Studies, King's College, London.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To report the outcome of applications to 43 research ethics committees. SETTING: Four regional health authorities in England. FINDINGS: The research ethics committees varied considerably in their practices. The time lapse until notification of the outcome of the approval ranged from just under one week to 23 weeks with a mean of 8.6 weeks. Four research ethics committees failed to notify the research team of an outcome of their request for approval. CONCLUSION: A national research ethics committee is needed to review national and multi-location research studies in the light of the fragmented and variable practice of local research ethics committees.
OBJECTIVES: To report the outcome of applications to 43 research ethics committees. SETTING: Four regional health authorities in England. FINDINGS: The research ethics committees varied considerably in their practices. The time lapse until notification of the outcome of the approval ranged from just under one week to 23 weeks with a mean of 8.6 weeks. Four research ethics committees failed to notify the research team of an outcome of their request for approval. CONCLUSION: A national research ethics committee is needed to review national and multi-location research studies in the light of the fragmented and variable practice of local research ethics committees.
Keywords:
Biomedical and Behavioral Research; Empirical Approach
Authors: Paul R Hunter; Samira H Abdelrahman; Prince Antwi-Agyei; Esi Awuah; Sandy Cairncross; Eileen Chappell; Anders Dalsgaard; Jeroen H J Ensink; Natasha Potgieter; Ingrid Mokgobu; Edward W Muchiri; Edgar Mulogo; Mike van der Es; Samuel N Odai Journal: Health Res Policy Syst Date: 2014-12-15