Appendix A. Appraisal committee members and NICE project team
Appraisal committee members
The appraisal committee is a standing advisory committee of the Institute. Its members are appointed for a 3-year term. A list of the committee members who took part in the discussions for this appraisal appears below. The appraisal committee meets regularly and membership is split into 2 branches, with the chair, vice-chair and a number of other members attending meetings of both branches. Each branch considers its own list of technologies, and ongoing topics are not moved between the branches.
Committee members are asked to declare any interests in the technology to be appraised. If it is considered there is a conflict of interest, the member is excluded from participating further in that appraisal.
The minutes of each appraisal committee meeting, which include the names of the members who attended and their declarations of interests, are posted on the NICE website.
Dr Darren Ashcroft
Senior Clinical Lecturer, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester
Professor David Barnett
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester
Dr Peter Barry
Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care, Leicester Royal Infirmary
Mr Brian Buckley
Vice Chairman, InContact
Professor John Cairns
Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Mike Campbell
Statistician, University of Sheffield
Professor David Chadwick
Professor of Neurology, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Dr Mark Chakravarty
Head of Government Affairs and NHS Policy, Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals (UK) Ltd
Dr Peter I Clark
Honorary Chairman, Association of Cancer Physicians
Dr Mike Davies
Consultant Physician, University Department of Medicine & Metabolism, Manchester Royal Infirmary
Mr Richard Devereaux-Phillips
Public Affairs Manager, Medtronic Ltd
Professor Jack Dowie
Health Economist, London School of Hygiene
Dr Fergus Gleeson
Consultant Radiologist, The Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Ms Sally Gooch
Former Director of Nursing & Workforce Development, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
Mr Sanjay Gupta
Stroke Services Manager, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Trust
Professor Philip Home
Professor of Diabetes Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Dr Peter Jackson
Clinical Pharmacologist, University of Sheffield
Professor Peter Jones
Professor of Statistics & Dean Faculty of Natural Sciences, Keele University
Dr Mike Laker
Medical Director, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr George Levvy
Lay representative
Ms Rachel Lewis
Nurse Advisor to the Department of Health
Mr Terence Lewis
Mental Health Consultant, National Institute for Mental Health in England
Professor Jonathan Michaels
Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Sheffield
Dr Neil Milner
General Medical Practitioner, Sheffield
Dr Ruairidh Milne
Senior Lecturer in Health Technology Assessment, National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology
Dr Rubin Minhas
General Practitioner, Primary Care Cardiovascular Society
Mr Miles Scott
Chief Executive, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Lindsay Smith
General Practitioner, East Somerset Research Consortium
Dr Ken Stein
Senior Lecturer, Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG), University of Exeter
Professor Andrew Stevens (Chair)
Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham