Submitting a research proposal for ethical approval

1. Research involving human subjects should conform to ethical and moral codes. 2. Special considerations should apply in respect of research in special and vulnerable groups such as children, people with learning disabilities/mental handicap, psychiatric patients and prisoners. 3. Local research ethics committees should protect subjects of research from possible harm. 4. Local research ethics committees should exercise discretion as to the mode of consent appropriate to the nature of the proposed research.