CAG meeting dates
Valid applications received by the relevant submission dates can expect to receive an approval decision from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (non-research) or Health Research Authority (research) within a maximum of 60 working days.
The number of applications at each meeting is capped to five for full CAG meetings, and four for precedent set CAG meetings. Please be aware that the meeting may already be fully booked when you submit, especially if this is on or close to the submission deadline. If this happens you will be given a slot at the next available meeting.
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Applicant submission deadline |
CAG Meeting Date | Outcome Letter Due |
| 01 October 2026 | 22 October 2026 | 05 November 2026 |
| 15 October 2026 | 05 November 2026 | 19 November 2026 |
| 04 November 2026 | 26 November 2026 | 10 December 2026 |
| 19 November 2026 | 10 December 2026 | 24 December 2026 |
| 10 December 2026 | 14 January 2027 | 28 January 2027 |
| 07 January 2027 | 28 January 2027 | 11 February 2027 |
| 21 January 2027 | 11 February 2027 | 25 February 2027 |
| 11 February 2027 | 04 March 2027 | 18 March 2027 |
| 25 February 2027 | 18 March 2027 | 01 April 2027 |
Precedent set review dates
Applications booked and received for precedent set review are assigned to the next available meeting. Valid applications received by the submission dates can expect to receive an approval decision from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (non-research) or Health Research Authority (research) within a maximum of 30 working days.
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Applicant submission deadline |
PS Meeting Date | Outcome letter due |
| 22 October 2026 | 30 October 2026 | 13 November 2026 |
| 05 November 2026 | 13 November 2026 | 27 November 2026 |
| 26 November 2026 | 04 December 2026 | 18 December 2026 |
| 07 January 2027 | 15 January 2027 | 29 January 2027 |
| 21 January 2027 | 29 January 2027 | 12 February 2027 |
| 04 February 2027 | 12 February 2027 | 26 February 2027 |
| 18 February 2027 | 26 February 2027 | 12 March 2027 |
| 04 March 2027 | 12 March 2027 | 26 March 2027 |
Minutes of previous CAG meetings
Sub-committee and Precedent set minutes
The sub-committee meeting minutes include all advice provided by precedent set sub-committees, sub-committees and by Chair action. The date refers to the CAG meeting at which the advice was reported.
Meeting minutes for previous Ethics and Confidentiality Committee (ECC) and Patient Information Advisory Group (PIAG) meetings
You can find ECC and PIAG meeting minutes on our website. If you have any further questions about this please get in contact with the confidentiality advice team.