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The South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) is covened to protect research participants, facilitate and promote ethical research, and review research projects. All research in NSW public health must be approved by an HREC before the study commences.

Committee members explore different kinds of risk and its management in health research. Human Research Ethics Committees work with a diverse range of projects and there is no guide sufficiently comprehensive to cover every circumstance that may arise. Each project is judged on its relative merits through discussion by the Committee.

Making a Complaint about the Conduct of a Research Trial

South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) treats complaints or concerns raised about the conduct of a study seriously.

If you would like to make a complaint, please contact the Administration Officers on 8738 8304 or 8738 8314 or send us an e-mail to SWSLHD-Ethics@health.nsw.gov.au to discuss your complaint or concern.