Welcome to the website of the Health and Disability Ethics Committees (HDECs)

The HDECs are experiencing high volumes with limited resourcing for processing. Please expect delays across the board. An update has been provided to communicate expected turnaround times.

The meeting schedule for 2025 is now available. The HDECs will be standing down for the summer break from 18 December 2024 until 13 January 2025. Please see this update for more information.

Ethics Review Manager (Ethics RM)

Our new system for submissions to the HDEC, the Ethics Review Manager (Ethics RM), has replaced Online Forms. Ethics RM is accessible at: https://nz.forms.ethicalreviewmanager.com/(external link)

An Ethics RM user manual is available

For more information about Ethics RM please see the Ethics Review Manager page.