VTE Prevention 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 Steven Barden
Emergency Care Consultant, College of Emergency Medicine
Mrs Kim Carter
VTE Nurse Specialist, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Nicholas Chalmers
Consultant Vascular Radiologist, Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Steve Finney
Consultant Podiatric Surgeon, Derbyshire County PCT and Kirklees County PCT
Dr Jim Gardner
Medical Director and Professional Executive Chair, NHS North Lancashire
Dr Nandan Gautam
Consultant in Medicine and Critical Care, University Hospital Birmingham
Professor Beverley Hunt
Professor of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, King's College London and Consultant, Departments of Haematology, Pathology & Rheumatology Lead in Blood Sciences, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Donald McBride
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital North Staffordshire
Ms Sarah McDiarmid
NHS Information Centre representative
Mr Carlos Sharpin
Senior Information Scientist and Research Fellow, National Clinical Guidelines Centre
Professor Gerard Stansby (Chair)
Professor of Vascular Surgery, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Peter Walton
Patient/lay representative
- 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: 28 June 2010
