Appendix A: Appraisal Committee members and NICE project team
A 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 3 times a month except in December, when there are no meetings. There are 4 Appraisal Committees, each with a chair and vice chair. 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.
Professor Keith Abrams
Professor of Medical Statistics, University of Leicester
Dr Amanda Adler (Chair from September 2009)
Consultant Physician, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
Dr Ray Armstrong
Consultant Rheumatologist, Southampton General Hospital
Dr Jeff Aronson
Reader in Clinical Pharmacology, University Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford
Dr Darren Ashcroft
Reader in Medicines Usage and Safety, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester
Professor David Barnett (Chair until September 2009)
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester
Dr Peter Barry
Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care, Leicester Royal Infirmary
Dr Michael Boscoe
Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Professor John Cairns
Professor of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Mark Chakravarty
External Relations Director, Pharmaceuticals & Personal Health, Oral Care Europe
Dr Martin Duerden
Medical Director, Conwy Local Health Board
Ms Sally Gooch
Independent Nursing and Healthcare Consultant
Mrs Eleanor Grey
Lay member
Mr Sanjay Gupta
Former Service Manager in Stroke, Gastroenterology, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust
Dr Neil Iosson
GP, Brighton and Chichester
Mr Terence Lewis
Lay member, Mental Health Consultant, National Institute for Mental Health in England
Professor Gary McVeigh
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Queen's University, Belfast
Dr Ruairidh Milne
Director of Strategy and Development and Director for Public Health Research, NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, University of Southampton
Dr Rubin Minhas
General Practitioner and Clinical Director, BMJ Evidence Centre
Mr Stephen Palmer
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
Dr Sanjeev Patel
Consultant Physician and Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, St Helier University Hospital
Dr John Pounsford
Consultant Physician, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol
Mr Philip Pugh
Strategic Development Lead for Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance, Health Protection Agency
Dr Florian Alexander Ruths
Consultant Psychiatrist and Cognitive Therapist at the Maudsley Hospital, London
Mr Navin Sewak
Primary Care Pharmacist, NHS Hammersmith and Fulham
Dr Stephen Saltissi
Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Dr Lindsay Smith
General Practitioner, East Somerset Research Consortium
Mr Roderick Smith
Finance Director, West Kent Primary Care Trust
Mr Cliff Snelling
Lay member
Professor Ken Stein (Vice Chair)
Professor of Public Health, Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG), University of Exeter
Professor Andrew Stevens
Professor of Public Health, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham
Dr Rod Taylor
Associate Professor in Health Services Research, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth
Ms Nathalie Verin
Health Economics Manager, Boston Scientific UK and Ireland
Dr Colin Watts
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
Mr Tom Wilson
Director of Contracts and Information Management and Technology, Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust
B 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.
Whitney Miller
Technical Lead
Joanna Richardson and Eleanor Donegan
Technical Advisers
Jeremy Powell
Project Manager