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. The appraisal committee meets 3 times a month except in December, when there are no meetings. The Committee membership is split into three 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.
The following is a list of the committee members who took part in the discussions for this appraisal.
Professor
David
Barnett
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester
Professor
Mike
Campbell
Professor of Medical Statistics, University of Sheffield
Dr
Carol
Campbell
Senior Lecturer, University of Teesside
Professor
David
Chadwick
Professor of Neurology, University of Liverpool
Ms
Jude
Cohen
Special Projects Consultant, UK Council for Psychotherapy
Dr
Mike
Davies
Consultant Physician, Manchester Royal Infirmary
Dr
Rachel
A
Elliott
Lord Trent Professor of Medicines and Health, the University of Nottingham
Mrs Eleanor Grey
Lay member
Professor
Peter
Jones
Pro Vice Chancellor for Research & Enterprise, Keele University
Professor
Jonathan
Michaels
Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Sheffield
Dr
Eugene
Milne
Deputy Medical Director, North East Strategic Health Authority
Dr
Simon
Mitchell
Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester
Dr
Richard
Alexander
Nakielny
Consultant Radiologist, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
Dr
Katherine
Payne
Health Economics Research Fellow, The University of Manchester
Dr
Philip
Rutledge
GP and Consultant in Medicines Management, NHS Lothian
Professor
Andrew
Stevens
Chair of Appraisal Committee C and Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham
Dr
Cathryn
Thomas
Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Care & General Practice, University of Birmingham
Mr
William
Turner
Consultant Urologist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
NICE project team
Each technology appraisal is assigned to a team consisting of one or more health technology analysts (who act as technical leads for the appraisal), a technical adviser and a project manager.
Elangovan
Gajraj
Technical Lead
Elisabeth
George
Technical Adviser
Chris
Feinmann
Project Manager