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Building on improvement: implementing the recommendations of the ‘Report of the ad hoc advisory group on the operation of NHS research ethics committees’. National Patient Safety Agency, 2006.

Standard operating procedures for research ethics committees, v3.4. National Research Ethics Service, September 2007.

Tinker A Coomber V . University research ethics committees — a summary of research into their role, remit and conduct. Res Ethics Rev 2005; 1(1): 5–11.

Williams-Jones Holm S . A university wide model for the ethical review of human subjects research. Res Ethics Rev 2005; 1(2): 39–44.