6 Appraisal committee members, guideline representatives and NICE project team
Appraisal committee members
The appraisal committees are standing advisory committees of NICE. 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. There are 4 appraisal committees, each with a chair and vice chair. Each appraisal committee meets once a month, except in December when there are no meetings. Each committee considers its own list of technologies, and ongoing topics are not moved between committees.
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 Jane Adam (Chair)
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, St George's Hospital, London
Professor Iain Squire (Vice‑Chair)
Consultant Physician, University Hospitals of Leicester
Professor Thanos Athanasiou
Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences and Cardiac Surgery, Imperial College London; Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Dr Graham Ash
Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Gerardine Bryant
GP, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Dr Simon Bond
Senior Statistician, Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit
Dr Andrew England
Senior Lecturer, Directorate of Radiography, University of Salford
Mr Adrian Griffin
Vice President, HTA & International Policy, Johnson & Johnson
Dr Peter Heywood
Consultant Neurologist, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol
Dr Sharon Saint Lamont
Head of Clinical Quality, NHS England (North)
Dr Louise Longworth
Reader in Health Economics, HERG, Brunel University
Dr Anne McCune
Consultant Hepatologist, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Professor John McMurray
Professor of Medical Cardiology, University of Glasgow
Dr Mohit Misra
GP, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London
Mrs Sarah Parry
CNS Paediatric Pain Management, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Mrs Pamela Rees
Lay Member
Dr Ann Richardson
Lay Member
Mr Stephen Sharp
Senior Statistician, University of Cambridge MRC Epidemiology Unit
Dr Brian Shine
Consultant Chemical Pathologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Dr Peter Sims
GP, Devon
Mr David Thomson
Lay Member
Professor Olivia Wu
Professor of Health Technology Assessment, University of Glasgow