Human Research Ethics

All research involving humans, whether relating to health or not, that involves more than low risk is subject to ethical review. All research proposals involving more than low risk to be conducted within the NCAHS facilities or involving participants recruited from patients/clients of the NCAHS must be reviewed by a human research ethics commmittee and must not be undertaken until approval has been granted.

For research that is negligible risk or for quality assurance studies please refer to the "Process for Neglible Risk-QA" and "Registration for Negligible Risk-QA" documents under 'Negligible Risk - Quality Assurance' section.

The North Coast Area Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) reviews Ethics Applications for Human Research.

In addition to ethical approval, site approval by the relevant Health Service Manager is required before the Trial/Study can commence.

Application kits can be downloaded from this site or by contacting:

The Executive Officer

Tel: 02 6588 2941

EthicsNCAHS@ncahs.health.nsw.gov.au

The NCAHS HREC is constituted and operates in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council�s National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (National Statement - 2007).