7 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, each with a chair and a vice chair. 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.
Professor Keith Abrams (2006 to 2007)
Professor of Medical Statistics, University of Leicester
Dr Jeff Aronson (2006 to 2007)
Reader in Clinical Pharmacology, Radcliffe Infirmary
Dr Darren Ashcroft (2006 to 2007)
Senior Clinical Lecturer, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester
Professor David Barnett (Chair; 2006 to 2007)
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester
Dr Peter Barry (2006 to 2007)
Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care, Leicester Royal Infirmary
Professor Stirling Bryan (2006 to 2007)
Director of the Health Economics Facility, University of Birmingham
Mr Brian Buckley (2006)
Vice Chairman, InContact
Professor John Cairns (2006 to 2007)
Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Mike Campbell (2006)
Statistician, University of Sheffield
Dr Mark Chakravarty (2006 to 2007)
Head of Government Affairs and NHS Policy, Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals (UK)
Dr Peter I Clark (2006 to 2007)
Consultant Medical Oncologist, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust, Merseyside
Dr Mike Davies (2006)
Consultant Physician, University Department of Medicine & Metabolism, Manchester Royal Infirmary
Mr Richard Devereaux-Phillips (2006)
Public Affairs Manager, Medtronic
Professor Jack Dowie (2006 to 2007)
Health Economist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Ms Lynn Field (2006 to 2007)
Nurse Director, Pan Birmingham Cancer Network
Professor Christopher Fowler (2006 to 2007)
Professor of Surgical Education, University of London
Dr Fergus Gleeson (2006 to 2007)
Consultant Radiologist, The Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Ms Sally Gooch (2006 to 2007)
Former Director of Nursing and Workforce Development, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
Mrs Barbara Greggains (2006 to 2007)
Lay member
Mr Sanjay Gupta (2006 to 2007)
Former Service Manager in Stroke, Gastroenterology, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust
Professor Philip Home (2006 to 2007)
Professor of Diabetes Medicine, University of Newcastle
Dr Peter Jackson (2006)
Clinical Pharmacologist, University of Sheffield
Professor Peter Jones (2006)
Professor of Statistics and Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Keele University
Dr Mike Laker (2006)
Medical Director, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr George Levvy (2006)
Lay member
Ms Rachel Lewis (2006)
Nurse Advisor to the Department of Health
Mr Terence Lewis (2006 to 2007)
Mental Health Consultant, National Institute for Mental Health in England
Professor Gary McVeigh (2006 to 2007)
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Queens University, Belfast
Professor Jonathan Michaels (2006)
Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Sheffield
Dr Ruairidh Milne (2006 to 2007)
Senior Lecturer in Health Technology Assessment, National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment, University of Southampton
Dr Neil Milner (2006 to 2007)
General Medical Practitioner, Sheffield
Dr Rubin Minhas (2006 to 2007)
General Practitioner and CHD Clinical Lead, Medway PCT
Dr John Pounsford (2006 to 2007)
Consultant Physician, North Bristol NHS Trust
Dr Rosalind Ramsay (2006 to 2007)
Consultant Psychiatrist, Adult Mental Health Services, Maudsley Hospital
Dr Christa Roberts (2006 to 2007)
UK Country Manager, Abbott Vascular
Dr Stephen Saltissi (2006 to 2007)
Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Mr Miles Scott (2006)
Chief Executive, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Mark Sculpher (2006 to 2007)
Professor of Health Economics, University of York
Dr Lindsay Smith (2006 to 2007)
General Practitioner, East Somerset Research Consortium
Mr Roderick Smith (2006 to 2007)
Finance Director, Adur, Arun and Worthing PCT
Mr Cliff Snelling (2006 to 2007)
Lay member
Dr Ken Stein (2006 to 2007)
Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter
Professor Andrew Stevens (2006 to 2007)
Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham
Dr Rod Taylor (2006 to 2007)
Associate Professor in Health Services Research, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth.
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.
Helen Chung
Technical Lead
Elisabeth George
Technical Adviser
Reetan Patel
Project Manager