7 Appraisal Committee members and NICE project team
Appraisal Committee members
The Appraisal Committee is a standing advisory committee of NICE. 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 3 times a month except in December, when there are no meetings. The Committee membership is split into 3 branches, each with a chair and vice chair. 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.
Professor Keith Abrams
Professor of Medical Statistics, University of Leicester
Dr Ray Armstrong
Consultant Rheumatologist, Southampton General Hospital
Dr Jeff Aronson
Reader in Clinical Pharmacology, University Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford
Dr Darren Ashcroft
Reader in Medicines Usage and Safety, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester
Professor David Barnett (Chair)
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester
Professor Stirling Bryan
Head, Department of Health Economics, University of Birmingham
Professor John Cairns
Professor of Health Economics, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Mark Charkravarty
Director, External Relations, Procter and Gamble Health Care, Europe
Professor Jack Dowie
Health Economist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Ms Lynn Field
Nurse Director, Pan Birmingham Cancer Network
Professor Christopher Fowler
Professor of Surgical Education, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Fergus Gleeson
Consultant Radiologist, Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Ms Sally Gooch
Independent Nursing and Healthcare Consultant
Mrs Barbara Greggains
Lay member
Mr Sanjay Gupta
Former Service Manager in Stroke, Gastroenterology, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust
Mr Terence Lewis
Lay member
Professor Gary McVeigh
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Queens University, Belfast
Dr Ruairidh Milne
Senior Lecturer in Public Health, National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology, University of Southampton
Dr Neil Milner
General Medical Practitioner, Tramways Medical Centre, Sheffield
Dr Rubin Minhas
General Practitioner, Coronary Heart Disease Clinical Lead, Medway PCT
Dr John Pounsford
Consultant Physician, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol
Dr Rosalind Ramsay
Consultant Psychiatrist, Adult Mental Health Services, Maudsley Hospital, London
Dr Stephen Saltissi
Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Dr Lindsay Smith
General Practitioner, East Somerset Research Consortium
Mr Roderick Smith
Finance Director, West Kent PCT
Mr Cliff Snelling
Lay member
Professor Ken Stein
Professor of Public Health, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter
Professor Andrew Stevens
Professor of Public Health, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham
Dr Rod Taylor
Associate Professor in Health Services Research, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth
NICE project team
Each technology appraisal is assigned to a team consisting of 1 or more health technology analysts (who act as technical leads for the appraisal), a technical adviser and a project manager.
Helen Knight
Technical Lead
Zoe Charles
Technical Adviser
Natalie Bemrose
Project Manager