Appendix A: Appraisal Committee members and NICE project team

A 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 four 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 Kathryn Abel Reader and Consultant Psychiatrist/Director of Centre for Women's Mental Health, University of Manchester

Dr David Black Director of Public Health, Derbyshire County Primary Care Trust

Dr Daniele Bryden Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine/Anaesthesia Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Professor Mike Campbell Statistician, Institute of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Sheffield

David Chandler Lay member

Dr Mary Cooke Lecturer School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, University of Manchester

Dr Chris Cooper General Practitioner, St John's Way Medical Centre, London

Richard Deveraux-Phillips Director, Public Policy and Advocacy NW Europe, BD, Oxford

Professor Rachel A Elliott Lord Trent Professor of Medicines and Health, University of Nottingham

Dr Wasim Hanif MD FRCP Consultant Physician & 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

Professor Gary McVeigh 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

Dr Richard Nakielny Consultant Radiologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust

Ruth Oliver-Williams Head of Nursing/Quality Improvement Lead Surgical Services, Royal Derby Hospital

Professor Katherine Payne Professor of Health Economics, University of Manchester

Ellen Rule Programme Director, NHS Bristol

Dr Danielle Preedy Lay member

Dr Peter Selby Consultant Physician, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Surinder Sethi Consultant in Public Health Medicine, North West Specialised Services Commissioning Team, Warrington

Professor Andrew Stevens Chair of Appraisal Committee C, Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham

Dr Matt Stevenson Technical Director, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield

Professor Paul Trueman Professor of Health Economics, Brunel University, London

Dr Judith Wardle Lay member

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.

Sally Doss Technical Lead

Nicola Hay Technical Adviser

Lori Farrar Project Manager