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This REC Directory page provides a list of meeting dates for Research Ethics Committees (RECs) within the UK Health Departments’ Research Ethics Service.

Please note some of our RECs have merged, closed or changed names.

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Committee	East Midlands – Derby	East Midlands – Leicester Central	East Midlands – Leicester South	East Midlands – Nottingham 1	East Midlands – Nottingham 2	East of England – Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire	East of England – Essex	East of England – Cambridge Central	East of England – Cambridge East	East of England – Cambridge South	East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 1	East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 2	Health and Social Care Research Ethics Committee A (HSC REC A)	Health and Social Care Research Ethics Committee B (HSC REC B)	London – Bloomsbury	London – Camden and Kings Cross	London – Central	London – Brent	London – Brighton and Sussex	London – Bromley	London – Camberwell St Giles	London – Chelsea	London – City and East	London – Dulwich	London – Fulham	London – Hampstead	London – Harrow	London – London Bridge	London – Queen Square	London – Riverside	London – South East	London – Stanmore	London – Surrey	London – Surrey Borders	London – West London & GTAC	London – Westminster	Social Care Research Ethics Committee	North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 1	North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 2	North East – Tyne & Wear South	North East – York	North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1	North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2	North West – Greater Manchester (GM) Central	North West – Greater Manchester (GM) East	North West – Greater Manchester (GM) South	North West – Greater Manchester (GM) West	North West – Haydock	North West – Liverpool Central	North West – Liverpool East *THIS REC HAS BEEN CLOSED - ALL BUSINESS TRANSFERRED TO LIVERPOOL CENTRAL REC	North West – Preston	Scotland A Research Ethics Committee (NOTE: This REC can only review studies requiring ethical approval under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000)	South Central – Berkshire B	South Central – Hampshire A	South Central – Hampshire B	South Central – Berkshire	South Central – Oxford A	South Central – Oxford B	South Central – Oxford C	South East Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1	South East Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2	South West – Central Bristol	South West – Cornwall and Plymouth	South West – Exeter - REC CLOSED (Contact Cornwall and Plymouth REC for studies previously linked to Exeter REC)	South West – Frenchay	Wales REC 1	Wales REC 2	Wales REC 3	Wales REC 4	Wales REC 5	Wales REC 6	Wales REC 7	West Midlands – Edgbaston	West Midlands – Coventry and Warwickshire	West Midlands – Solihull	West Midlands – South Birmingham	West Midlands – The Black Country	West of Scotland REC 1	West of Scotland REC 3	West of Scotland REC 4	West of Scotland REC 5	Yorkshire and the Humber – Bradford Leeds	Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds East	Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds West	Yorkshire and the Humber – Sheffield	Yorkshire and the Humber – South Yorkshire	Scotland B REC
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