Can an application be withdrawn from one lead HREC and submitted to another?
Only where there are extenuating circumstances (for example, if the original lead HREC has reached its meeting capacity for the review of multi-centre applications). Where an application is re-submitted to a different lead HREC, all documentation associated with the initial ethical review must be provided to accompany the re-submission. HRECs can identify whether a project has been withdrawn from another lead HREC, and will consider an application for a re-submitted project to be incomplete unless this previous documentation is provided.