7 Appraisal 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 Daniele Bryden
Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Andrew Burnett
Director for Health Improvement and Medical Director, NHS Barnet, London
Dr Chris Cooper
General Practitioner, St John's Way Medical Centre, London
Dr Christine Davey
Research Adviser, North and East Yorkshire Alliance Research and Development Unit, York
Richard Devereaux-Phillips
Public Affairs and Reimbursement Manager UK and Ireland, Medtronic, Watford
Professor Rachel A Elliott
Lord Trent Professor of Medicines and Health, University of Nottingham
Dr Wasim Hanif
Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University Hospital Birmingham
Dr Alan Haycox
Reader in Health Economics, University of Liverpool Management School
Professor Cathy Jackson
Professor of Primary Care Medicine, University of St Andrews
Dr Peter Jackson
Clinical Pharmacologist, University of Sheffield
Professor Gary McVeigh
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Queens University Belfast and Consultant Physician, Belfast City Hospital
Dr Eugene Milne
Deputy Regional Director of Public Health, North East Strategic Health Authority, Newcastle upon Tyne
Dr Neil Myers
General Practitioner, Glasgow
Dr Richard Nakielny
Consultant Radiologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust
Ellen Rule
Programme Director, NHS Bristol
Professor Andrew Stevens
Chair of Appraisal Committee C, Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham
Professor Paul Trueman
Professor of Health Economics, Brunel University, London
Dr Judith Wardle
Lay Member
NICE project team
Each technology appraisal is assigned to a team consisting of 1 or more health technology analysts (who act as technical leads for the appraisal), a technical adviser and a project manager.
Dr Helen Starkie
Technical Lead
Zoe Charles
Technical Adviser
Lori Farrar
Project Manager