Australian state and territory Departments of Health have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for mutual acceptance of scientific and ethical review of multi-centre human research projects undertaken in Public Health Organisations, known as the National Mutual Acceptance scheme (NMA)..
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
The HREC (TQEH/LMH/MH) is constituted and functions in accordance with the NHMRC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007).
Human Research Ethics Application (HREA) and the Research Governance and Ethics Management System (Research GEMS)
As part of the initiative to streamline ethics approval, NHMRC has developed the Human Research Ethics Application (HREA) as a replacement for the National Ethics Application Form (NEAF)..
Safety Monitoring and Reporting in Clinical Trials Involving Therapeutic Goods
In 2016 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) released new guidance on Safety Monitoring and Reporting in Clinical Trials Involving Therapeutic Goods (the Guidance) to replace the 2009 Australian Health Ethics Committee Position Statement of the same name (the Position Statement). .
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National Mutual Acceptance
Australian State and Territory Departments of Health have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for mutual acceptance of scientific and ethical review of multi-centre human research projects undertaken in Public Health Organisations. Currently New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria are participating in National Mutual Acceptance (NMA)..
