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With effect from the 1st April 2009 the responsibilities of the Central Services Agency have transferred to the new Health & Social Care Business Services Organisation. This web site will continue to be available for a short period as part of the transitional arrangements but please refer to the new organisation web sites for up to date information. (www.hscbusiness.hscni.net) During this time the existing contact details will remain. |
Formation Of The Office for Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland
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HSC Research Ethics Committees have been established by the DHSSPS. These committees will be generalist (that is, capable of considering the ethics of all proposed research projects which involve human subjects, their tissue or data in relation to biomedical and social care research). Each will have a remit covering the whole of Northern Ireland, and will meet monthly. This will create a system where a committee will meet most weeks of the year, capable of reviewing any research proposal.
Members of HSC Research Ethics Committees have been appointed through a public appointment process. The responsibility for this process was formally handed to the Central Services Agency in August 2005. The CSA is now the Appointing Authority for all HSC RECs.
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Core Business Hours
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The ORECNI office business hours for receipt of applications and taking telephone bookings for applications are as follows:
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