6 Evaluation committee members 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 Amanda Adler (Chair)
Consultant Physician, Addenbrooke's Hospital
Professor Ken Stein (Vice Chair)
Professor of Public Health, University of Exeter Medical School
Dr Ray Armstrong
Consultant Rheumatologist, Southampton General Hospital
Dr Jeff Aronson
Reader in Clinical Pharmacology, University Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford
Professor John Cairns
Professor of Health Economics Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Imran Chaudhry
Lead Consultant Psychiatrist and Deputy Associate Medical Director, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Neil Iosson
Locum GP
Dr Sanjay Kinra
Reader in Clinical Epidemiology and Honorary Consultant in Paediatrics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University College London NHS Hospitals Trust
Dr Miriam McCarthy
Consultant, Public Health, Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland
Mr Christopher O'Regan
Head of Health Technology Assessment and Outcomes Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme
Dr Sanjeev Patel
Consultant Physician and Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, St Helier University Hospital
Dr John Pounsford
Consultant Physician, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol
Dr Danielle Preedy
Lay Member
Mr Alun Roebuck
Consultant Nurse in Critical and Acute Care, United Lincolnshire NHS Trust
Dr Nicky Welton
Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics/Health Technology Assessment, University of Bristol