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Schedule 7 of the Care Act 2014 gave the HRA the responsibility to appoint a committee to advise NHS Digital (formally known as the Health & Social Care Information Centre) on issues relating to how it disseminates identifiable information, or information that may become identifiable. As part of this process, NHS Digital must have regard to any advice given to it by the CAG.

The Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) is a single system for applying for the permissions and approvals for health, social and community care research in the UK.

The HRA Assessment Review Portal (HARP) is a database which records and tracks the progress of research applications submitted to the HRA. Information held in HARP is held securely and confidentially and access is restricted to authorised users who manage or review studies submitted to the HRA.

The Over-Volunteering Prevention System (TOPS) is a database, free to all UK organisations undertaking Phase I trials in healthy volunteers, that aims to prevent participants from taking part too frequently in trials of new medicines.

The National Research and Ethics Advisors' Panel (NREAP) is an independent, multidisciplinary expert panel which provides advice to the Health Research Authority (HRA) on an ad-hoc basis. The panel encompasses expertise in a wide range of disciplines related to health research including bioethics, medical research, patient and public involvement and Research Ethics Committees (RECs).

Under the revised terms of reference introduced in 2017, the NREAP no longer hold formal meetings. The links in this section take you to minutes of the NREAP in its pre-2017 format.