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COREC and IRMER — is co-existence achievable?

Medical Physics Department, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK

Correspondence: Andy Rogers, Medical Physics Department, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, City Hospital Campus, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK. E-mail: andy.rogers{at}nuh.nhs.uk

The competitive pressures within clinical research are severe, and the need for a streamlined process to enable first-class research is self-evident. Conflict between ethical approval processes and legal requirements for the use of radiation within research has hindered such streamlining and has led to a call for action. This Commentary explores the background to this conflict and describes recent initiatives to generate a smoother process and unblock bottlenecks in relevant approval systems. It concludes by suggesting ways to improve the integration of these systems.

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