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J Med Ethics 2002;28:318-321 doi:10.1136/jme.28.5.318
  • Research ethics

New governance arrangements for research ethics committees: is facilitating research achieved at the cost of participants’ interest

  1. E Cave1,
  2. S Holm2
  1. 1Department of Law, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
  2. 2Institute for Medicine, Law and Bioethics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 E Cave, Lecturer in Law, Department of Law, 20 Lyddon Terrace, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK;
 laweggc{at}leeds.ac.uk
  • Accepted 15 April 2002
  • Revised 12 April 2002

Abstract

This paper examines the UK’s response to a recent European Clinical Trials Directive, namely the Department of Health, Central Office for Research Ethics Committee guidance, Governance Arrangements for NHS Research Ethics Committees. The revisions have been long awaited by researchers and research ethics committee members alike. They substantially reform the ethical review system in the UK. We examine the new arrangements and argue that though they go a long way toward addressing the uncertainty surrounding ethics committee function, the system favours the facilitation of research over the protection of the dignity and welfare of research participants.

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