The AAPEC has completed a consultation on the revised governance
arrangements for research ethics committees (GafREC) with its 5 Ethics
committees; Yorkshire Independent Ethics Committee (YIREC), Welwyn
Clinical Pharmacology Ethics Committee (WCPEC), Edinburgh Independent
Ethics Committee for Medical research (EIECMR), Plymouth Independent
Research Ethics Committee (PIREC) and Capenhurst Independent Research
Ethics Committees (CIREC). This consultation ended on 15th August 2011.
The main purpose of this consultation was to ascertain if the AAPEC
ECs were willing to continue to operate under the terms and conditions
of the new GafREC. Some of the committees were unwilling to operate
under the terms and conditions of the revised GafREC. Subsequent to
the end of the consultation, the PIREC and YIREC have now chosen not to
continue as committees under the new Health Research Authority (HRA).
Read the full announcement on the AAPEC web site
