Dementia quality standard: Topic Expert Group
A Topic Expert Group was established to review and advise on the content of the quality standard. This group met twice, with additional interaction taking place via email.
Topic Expert Group members were selected by inviting people who had previously been involved in guideline development and commissioning groups and by nomination from the National Collaborating Centres and Royal Colleges. National Collaborating Centre directors and representatives on the relevant Guideline Development Group were invited to chair the Topic Expert Groups.
Dr David Anderson
Associate Medical Director/Associate Clinical Director , Mersey Care NHS Trust
Mr Anthony Bainbridge
Consultant Nurse in Dementia Care, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Andy Barker
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Mrs Melanie Bradbury
Assistant Director of Vulnerable People and NHS Funded Continuing Healthcare, NHS North Yorkshire and York
Mr Andrew Chidgey
Patient/carer representative
Professor Nick Gould
Professor of Social Work, University of Bath
Ms Chloe Hood
Programme Manager, National Audit of Dementia, Royal College of Psychiatrists' Centre for Quality Improvement
Dr Tim Kendall (Chair)
Medical Director, Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust/Joint Director at National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health
Ms Jackie Kindell
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Mrs Mary Murrell
Patient/carer representative
Ms Samantha Sharp
Patient/carer representative
Dr Mark Spencer
Lead Clinical Director, NHS Ealing
Ms Annie Stevenson
Independent Consultant, Social Care Institute for Excellence
Ms Rachel Town
NHS Information Centre Representative
Dr Jennifer Wenborn
Clinical Research Fellow in Occupational Therapy, University College London
Dr Craig Whittington
Senior Systematic Reviewer, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health
- Topic Expert Group induction - minutes
- Topic Expert Group first meeting - minutes
- Topic Expert Group second meeting - minutes
For more information on the Topic Expert Groups please refer to ‘Developing NICE quality standards: interim process guide'.
This page was last updated: 06 July 2010

