Evidence from UK Research Ethics Committee members on what makes a good research ethics review, and what can be improved

ABSTRACT: The rapid development of vaccines and other innovative medical technologies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic required streamlined and efficient ethics and governance processes. In the UK the Health Research Authority (HRA) oversees and coordinates a number of the relevant research governance processes including the independent ethics review of research projects. The HRA was instrumental in facilitating the rapid review and approval of COVID-19 projects, and following the end of the pandemic, have been keen to integrate new ways of working into the UK Health Departments’ Research Ethics Service. In January 2022 the HRA commissioned a public consultation that identified strong public support for alternative ethics review processes. Here we report feedback from 151 current research ethics

SUBMITTER: Sidaway M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10317218 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature