8 Appraisal committee members
The appraisal committee is a standing advisory committee of NICE. Its members are appointed for a 3‑year term. The appraisal committee meets 3 times a month except in December, when there are no meetings. The committee membership is split into 3 branches, with the chair, vice-chair and a number of other members between them attending meetings of all 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 interests, are posted on the NICE website.
The following is a list of the committee members who took part in the discussions for this appraisal.
Dr Jane Adam
Radiologist, St George's Hospital, London
Professor R L Akehurst
Dean, School of Health-Related Research, Sheffield University
Dr Sunil Angris
General Practitioner, Waterhouses Medical Practice
Professor David Barnett (Chair)
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester
Professor Sir Colin Berry
Professor of Morbid Anatomy, St Bartholomew's and Royal London's School of Medicine
Dr Sheila Bird
MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge
Professor Carol Black
Consultant Physician, Royal Free Hospital and UCL, London
Professor John Brazier
Health Economist, University of Sheffield
Professor Martin Buxton
Director of Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University
Professor Mike Campbell
Statistician, Institute of General Practice and Primary Care, Sheffield
Dr Karl Claxton
Health Economist, University of York
Professor Sarah Cowley
Professor of Community Practice Development, Kings College, London
Professor Jack Dowie
Health Economist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London
Mr Chris Evennett
Chief Executive, Mid-Hampshire Primary Care Trust
Dr Paul Ewings
Statistician, Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust
Professor Terry Feest
Clinical Director and Consultant Nephrologist, Richard Bright Renal Unit, and Chairman of the UK Renal Registry
Professor Gary A Ford
Professor of Pharmacology of Old Age, Consultant Physician, Wolfson Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Newcastle
Mrs Sue Gallagher
Chief Executive, Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority
Dr Trevor Gibbs
Head, Global Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance, GlaxoSmithKline
Sally Gooch
Director of Nursing, Mid-Essex Hospital Services Trust
Mr John Goulston
Director of Finance, The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
Professor Trisha Greenhalgh
Professor of Primary Health Care, University College London
Miss Linda Hands
Consultant Vascular Surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Professor Philip Home
Professor of Diabetes Medicine, University of Newcastle
Dr Terry John
General Practitioner, The Firs, London
Dr Diane Ketley
Research into Practice Programme Leader, NHS Modernisation Agency
Dr Mayur Lakhani
General Practitioner, Highgate Surgery, Leicester, and Lecturer, University of Leicester
Ruth Lesirge
Lay Representative; Director, Mental Health Foundation
Dr George Levvy
Lay Representative; Chief Executive, Motor Neurone Disease Association
Dr Gill Morgan
CEO, North and East Devon Health Authority
Professor Miranda Mugford
Health Economist, University of East Anglia
Mr M Mughal
Consultant Surgeon, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mr James Partridge
Lay Representative; Chief Executive, Changing Faces
Siân Richards
General Manager, Cardiff Local Health Group
Professor Philip Routledge
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Wales
Dr Rhiannon Rowsell
Pharmaceutical Physician, AstraZeneca UK Ltd
Dr Stephen Saltissi
Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Professor Andrew Stevens (Vice-Chairman)
Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham
Professor Ray Tallis
Consultant Physician, Hope Hospital, Salford
Dr Cathryn Thomas
General Practitioner, and Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham
Professor Mary Watkins
Head of Institute of Health Studies, University of Plymouth
Dr Norman Waugh
Public Health Consultant, University of Southampton