Current HREC approvals for ALSWH data linkage
| HREC Name and NHMRC code | ALSWH Protocol # | Approval date | Expiry date | Coverage | Cohorts* |
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| The University of Newcastle HREC EC00144 (ratified by The University of Queensland HREC EC00456/7) | H-2011-0371 (2012/HE000132) | 31/01/2012 | 31/12/2030 | ALSWH Data linkage Project (all collections, subject to external jurisdictional approvals) | All women |
| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare HREC EC00103 | EC2020/3/1115 - subsumes: EC2012/1/12 EO2013/1/7 EO2014/3/110 | 16/08/2020 12/04/2012 27/03/2013 31/01/2014 | 31/12/2030 | Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) National Aged Care Data Collection DVA Aged Care and Repatriation-MBS/PBS Australian Cancer Database National Death Index (NDI) | All women |
| EO2017/1/342 | 7/03/2017 | 31/12/2025 | Mothers and their Children's Health (MatCH) Substudy: AEDC NAPLAN | Children of 1973-78 |
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| Departments of Defence and Veterans' Affairs HREC EC00460 | EO14/022 | 19/12/2014 | 23/06/2024 | DVA Aged Care data Repatriation-MBS/PBS | 1921-26 (25% are DVA clients) 1946-51 (1% are DVA clients) |
| Services Australia External Request Evaluation Committee | RMS2001 | 17/02/2022 | Mothers and their Children’s Healthcare Experiences (MatCHES) Substudy MBS PBS Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) | Children of 1989-95 |
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| RMS2107 | Cohort Refresh: MBS PBS | 1973-78 | |||
| NSW Population and Health Services Research Ethics Committee EC00410 | 2019/ETH01837 (formerly 2011/11/357) | 03/01/2012 | 31/12/2025 | NSW data linkage Queensland data linkage (from 13/04/2018) | All women |
| ACT Health HREC EC00100 | ETH.6.13.148 | 01/07/2013 | 31/07/2026 | ACT data linkage Victorian data linkage except VPDC (from 22/08/2018) SA data linkage (from 19/09/2020; formerly HREC/12/SAH/91) NT data linkage (from 27/05/2021; formerly 2018-3017) | All women |
| Calvary Bruce Public HREC EC00105 | 21-2020 | 24/11/2020 | Ongoing | ACT Emergency Department Data Collection | All women |
| Austin Health HREC EC00204 | HREC/18/ Austin/163 | 17/07/2018 | Ongoing | VIC Perinatal Data Collection (VPDC) | All women |
| Dept of Health WA HREC EC00422 | RGS 4844 (formerly RGS 2853; 2015/47) | 16/08/2021 | 16/08/2024 | WA data linkage | All women |
| Tasmanian Health & Medical HREC EC00337 | H0017192 | 19/04/2018 | 19/04/2023 | TAS data linkage | All women |
| View the list of current data collections, custodians and data linkage units |  | ||||
| View institutional HREC approvals for ALSWH survey collections | | ||||
* Women who have opted out of health record linkage are excluded from data requests.