8 Appraisal Committee members and NICE project team
Appraisal Committee members
The Appraisal Committee is a standing advisory committee of NICE. 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. The Committee membership is split into 3 branches, with the chair, vice-chair and a number of other members between them attending meetings of all branches. 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 interests, are posted on the NICE website.
Dr A E Ades
MRC Senior Scientist, MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol
Professor Ron Akehurst
Dean, School of Health-Related Research, University of Sheffield
Dr Tom Aslan
General Practitioner, Stockwell, London
Professor David Barnett (Chair)
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester
Dr Sheila Bird
MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge
Professor Rosamund Bryar
Professor of Community and Primary Care Nursing, St Bartholomew's School of Nursing and Midwifery, London
Dr Karl Claxton
Health Economist, University of York
Professor Terry Feest
Clinical Director and Consultant Nephrologist, Richard Bright Renal Unit, Chair of UK Renal Registry, Bristol
Professor Gary A Ford
Professor of Pharmacology of Old Age, Consultant Physician, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr John Geddes
Consultant Psychiatrist, University Department of Psychiatrists, Oxford
Ms Bethan George
Interface Liaison Pharmacist, Tower Hamlets PCT and Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel
Dr Trevor Gibbs
Head, Global Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance, GlaxoSmithKline, Greenford
Mr John Goulston
Director of Finance, Barts and The London NHS Trust
Professor Philip Home
Professor of Diabetes Medicine, University of Newcastle-upon- Tyne
Dr Terry John
General Practitioner, The Firs, London
Mr Muntzer Mughal
Consultant Surgeon, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Chorley
Judith Paget
Chief Executive, Caerphilly Local Health Board, Torfaen
Mrs Kathryn Roberts
Nurse Practitioner, Hyde, Cheshire
Ms Anne Smith
Lay Representative, Trustee, Long-Term Medical Conditions Alliance
Dr Cathryn Thomas
General Practitioner, Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham
Dr Norman Vetter Reader
Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Wales, Cardiff
Dr David Winfield
Consultant Haematologist, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
NICE Project Team
Each appraisal of a technology is assigned to a health technology analyst and a project manager.
Dr Elisabeth George and Dr Dogan Fidan
Technical Leads
Kathleen Dalby
Project Manager