NHS Research Ethics Committees
Health

Andrew Lansley (Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Health; South Cambridgeshire, Conservative)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the NHS research ethics committees which are operational; and in what areas they operate.

Jane Kennedy (Minister of State, Department of Health; Liverpool, Wavertree, Labour)

The national health service research ethics committees and the areas in which they operate are shown in the following list. Under the central booking system, committees can be allocated research proposals outside of their geographical area. In such cases, the ethics committee gives a single opinion for all sites covered by the proposal.

Research ethics committees

Airedale Local Research Ethics Committee

Barking and Havering Local Research Ethics Committee

Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Local Research Ethics Committee

Barnsley Local Research Ethics Committee

Bexley and Greenwich Local Research Ethics Committee

Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Local Research Ethics Committee

Bolton Local Research Ethics Committee

Bromley Local Research Ethics Committee

Brompton, Harefield and NHLI Research Ethics Committee

Calderdale and Huddersfield Local Research Ethics Committee

Camden and Islington Community Local Research Ethics Committee

Charing Cross Hospital Research Ethics Committee

Cheshire Local Research Ethics Committee 2

Cornwall Research Ethics Committee

County Durham and Darlington Local Research Ethics Committee

Coventry Research Ethics Committee

Doncaster Local Research Ethics Committee

Dudley Local Research Ethics Committee

East Birmingham Local Research Ethics Committee

East Lancashire Local Research Ethics Committee

East London and The City HA Local Research Ethics Committee 2

East Surrey, Crawley and Horsham Local Research Ethics Committees

East Sussex Local Research Ethics Committee

Frenchay Research Ethics Committee

Gateshead and South Tyneside Local Research Ethics Committee

Harrogate Health Care NHS Trust Local Research Ethics Committee

Hartlepool and North Tees Local Research Ethics Committee

Hereford and Worcester Local Research Ethics Committee

Lewisham Local Research Ethics Committee

Lincolnshire Local Research Ethics Committee

Mid and South Buckinghamshire LREC

Milton Keynes Local Research Ethics Committee

Moorfields Eye Hospital Local Research Ethics Committee

Morecambe Bay Research Ethics Committee

North and Mid Essex Local Research Ethics Committee

North and Mid Hampshire Local Research Ethics Committee

North Birmingham Local Research Ethics Committee

North Cumbria Local Research Ethics Committee

North Manchester Local Research Ethics Committee

North Nottinghamshire Local Research Ethics Committee

North Somerset Research Ethics Committee

North West Surrey Local Research Ethics Committee

North West Wales Local Research Ethics Committee

Northampton Local Research Ethics Committee

Northumberland Local Research Ethics Committee

Oldham Local Research Ethics Committee

Orkney Local Research Ethics Committee

Peterborough and Fenland Local Research Ethics Committee

Redbridge and Waltham Forest Local Research Ethics Committee

Rotherham Local Research Ethics Committee

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust Research Ethics Committee

Salisbury Research Ethics Committee

Sandwell and West Birmingham Local Research Ethics Committee

Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Local Research Ethics Committee

Shropshire Local Research Ethics Committee

Solihull Local Research Ethics Committee

South Devon Research Ethics Committee

South Sheffield Research Ethics Committee

South Tees LREC

Southmead Research Ethics Committee

St. Helens and Knowsley LREC

Stockport Local Research Ethics Committee

Swindon Research Ethics Committee

Tameside and Glossop Local Research Ethics Committee

Walsall Local Research Ethics Committee

West Kent Research Ethics Committee

West Sussex Local Research Ethics Committee

Whittington Hospital Local Research Ethics Committee

Wolverhampton Local Research Ethics Committee

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh LREC

Yorkhill Local Research Ethics Committee

Hounslow and Hillingdon Local Research Ethics Committee

Baling and West London Mental Health Trust Research Ethics Committee

South Staffordshire Local Research Ethics Committee

Berkshire Local Research Ethics Committee

Brent Medical Ethics Committee

Cambridge Local Research Ethics Committee

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust /

Guy's Research Ethics Committee

King's College Hospital Local Research Ethics Committee

Riverside Research Ethics Committee

St. Thomas' Hospital Research Ethics Committee

The Royal Marsden NHS Trust Local Research Ethics Committee

Wandsworth Local Research Ethics Committee

Huntingdon Local Research Ethics Committee

Oxfordshire Research Ethics Committee A

Royal Free Hospital and Medical School Local Research Ethics Committee

Bath Research Ethics Committee

Bedfordshire Local Research Ethics Committee

Bradford Local Research Ethics Committee

Cheshire Local Research Ethics Committee 1

Derbyshire Local Research Ethics Committee

Dorset Research Ethics Committee

East Kent Local Research Ethics Committee

East London and The City HA Local Research Ethics Committee 3

Gloucestershire Local Research Ethics Committee

Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Research Ethics Committee

Harrow Research Ethics Committee

Hertfordshire 2 Research Ethics Committees

Hull and East Riding Local Research Ethics Committee

Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LREC

Leeds (East) Research Ethics Committee

Leicestershire Local Research Ethics Committee (1)

Leicestershire Local Research Ethics Committee (2)

Liverpool Local Research Ethics Committee

Liverpool Children's Research Ethics Committee

London-Surrey Borders REC

Newcastle and North Tyneside Local Research Ethics Committee 2

North and East Devon Research Ethics Committee

North Sheffield Local Research Ethics Committee

North Staffordshire Local Research Ethics Committee

Norwich Local Research Ethics Committee

Nottingham Research Ethics Committee (1)

Nottingham Research Ethics Committee (2)

Oxfordshire Research Ethics Committee B

Oxfordshire Research Ethics Committee C

Preston, Chorley and South Ribble Local Research Ethics Committee

Salford and Trafford Local Research Ethics Committee

Sefton LREC

Somerset Research Ethics Committee

South Birmingham Local Research Ethics Committee

South Humber Local Research Ethics Committee

South London and Maudsley/IOP Ethical Committee (Research)

South Manchester Local Research Ethics Committee

South West Devon Research Ethics Committee

South West Surrey Local Research Ethics Committee

Southampton Local Research Ethics Committee B

St. Mary's Local Research Ethics Committee

Suffolk Local Research Ethics Committee

Sunderland Local Research Ethics Committee

The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Institute of Neurology Joint Medical REC

UCLH Local Research Ethics Committee Alpha

Warwickshire Local Research Ethics Committee

West Essex Local Research Ethics Committee

York Research Ethics Committee

South Essex Local Research Ethics Committee

Wakefield District REC

Brighton and Mid Sussex Local Research Ethics Committee

Central and South Bristol Research Ethics Committee

Central Manchester Local Research Ethics Committee

East London and The City HA Local Research Ethics Committee 1

Eastern MREC

Hertfordshire 1 REC

Leeds (West) Local Research Ethics Committee

London MREC

Newcastle and North Tyneside Local Research Ethics Committee 1

North West MREC

South West MREC

Southampton Local Research Ethics Committee A

Trent MREC

UCLH Local Research Ethics Committee A

West Midlands MREC

Metropolitan MREC

Northern and Yorkshire MREC

South East MREC

Thames Valley MREC