8 Appraisal Committee members and NICE project team
Appraisal Committee members
The Appraisal Committee is a standing advisory committee of the Institute. 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 twice a month except in December, when there are no meetings. The Committee membership is split into 2 branches, with the chair, vice-chair and a number of other members attending meetings of both 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 of interests, are posted on the NICE website.
Dr Sunil Angris
General Practitioner, Waterhouses Medical Practice, Staffordshire
Dr Darren Ashcroft
Senior Clinical Lecturer, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester
Professor David Barnett (Chair)
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester
Dr Peter Barry
Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care, Leicester Royal Infirmary
Professor John Brazier
Health Economist, University of Sheffield
Professor John Cairns
Professor of Health Economics, Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen
Professor Mike Campbell
Statistician, Institute of General Practice & Primary Care, Sheffield
Dr Mark Chakravarty
Head of Government Affairs and NHS Policy, Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals (UK) Ltd, Egham, Surrey
Dr Peter I Clark
Consultant Medical Oncologist, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, Wirral, Merseyside
Professor Cam Donaldson
PPP Foundation Professor of Health Economics, School of Population and Health Sciences & Business School, Business School – Economics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Professor Jack Dowie
Health Economist, London School of Hygiene
Dr Paul Ewings
Statistician, Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust, Taunton
Ms Sally Gooch
Director of Nursing, Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Chelmsford
Miss Linda Hands
Clinical Reader in Surgery, University of Oxford
Professor Robert Kerwin
Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Ms Ruth Lesirge
Lay Representative, previously Director, Mental Health Foundation, London
Dr George Levvy
Lay Representative, Chief Executive, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Northampton
Dr Stephen Saltissi
Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Mr Miles Scott
Chief Executive, Harrogate Health Care NHS Trust
Professor Andrew Stevens (Vice-Chair)
Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham
Professor Mary Watkins
Professor of Nursing, University of Plymouth
Dr Norman Waugh
Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen