McHale, Jean
British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 09 June 2011, vol./is. 20/10(632-634).
Following the 2011 Budget, the UK Government has announced that as part of its reform of the NHS it will be establishing a new special health authority which will have the task of regulating research. This article considers these proposals and suggests that while a strong health regulator may be in itself a praiseworthy initiative, the current proposals simply do not go far enough and there is a need for radical reconceptualization of research regulation as a whole.
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