Abstract
With new rules governing the running of Research Ethics Committees due to be introduced shortly, ours is to be closed. I am told this over a cappuccino by the regional manager before she heads home to Chester. How Northumberland came to be under the remit of a regional manager based in Chester is an enigma in itself, but outdone by the revelation that our meeting turns out to be part of the consultation process required before she can recommend what she has just told me will happen. Did I hear her right? ‘The final decision is taken by the regional health authority,’ she confirms. She gives me a nice smile to help reassure me of her good intentions. She is conducting the process as best she can: distant others …
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