7 Evaluation committee members and NICE project team
Appraisal committee members
The Appraisal committee is one of NICE's standing advisory committees. 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 three 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.
Professor David Barnett (Chair)
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester
Professor Philip Home (Vice Chair)
Professor of Diabetes Medicine, Newcastle University
Dr Jane Adam
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, St George's Hospital, London
Professor AE Ades
Medical Research Council (MRC) Senior Scientist, MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol
Dr Amanda Adler
Consultant Physician, Cambridge University Hospitals Trust
Dr Tom Aslan
General Practitioner, Stockwell, London
Dr Matt Bradley
Value Demonstration Director, AstraZeneca
Mrs Elizabeth Brain
Lay member
Dr Robin Carlisle
Deputy Director of Public Health, Rotherham Primary Care Trust (PCT)
Professor Karl Claxton
Professor of Health Economics, University of York
Mrs Fiona Duncan
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Anaesthetic Department, Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Dr Paul Ewings
Statistician, Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust, Taunton
Professor John Geddes
Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry, University of Oxford
Mr John Goulston
Chief Executive, Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Richard Harling
Director of Public Health, Worcestershire PCT and Worcestershire County Council
Dr Peter Heywood
Consultant Neurologist, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol
Dr Vincent Kirkbride
Consultant Neonatologist, Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Sheffield
Dr Ian Lewin
Consultant Endocrinologist, North Devon District Hospital
Dr Alec Miners
Lecturer in Health Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr James Moon
Consultant Cardiologist and Senior Lecturer, University College London Hospital (UCLH) and UCL
Dr David Newsham
Lecturer (Orthoptics), University of Liverpool
Dr Ann Richardson
Lay member
Mrs Angela Schofield
Chairman, Bournemouth and Poole Teaching PCT
Mr Mike Spencer
General Manager, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust – Facilities and Clinical Support Services
Professor Iain Squire
Consultant Physician, University Hospitals of Leicester
Mr David Thomson
Lay member
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.
Raphael Yugi and Sally Gallaugher
Technical Leads
Zoe Garrett
Technical Adviser
Bijal Chandarana
Project Manager