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Our primary role as an organisation is to protect and promote the interests of patients and the public in health research, and to streamline the regulation of research. We are responsible for a wide range of committees and services to streamline research and you can find out all about them within this section of the website.

The Research Ethics Service (RES) is one of the Health Research Authority's core functions, committed to enabling and supporting ethical research in the NHS. It protects the rights, safety, dignity and wellbeing of research participants.