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Partners Council

The Partners Council is appointed by the Secretary of State. It has a statutory duty to meet annually to review the Institute’s Annual Report. The Partners Council also provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, concepts and future plans.

Partners Council meeting minutes

Members

Partners Council members are drawn from organisations with speial interests in NICE's work. They include patient groups, health professionals, NHS management, quality organisations, Industry and trade unions. Members are appointed by the Secretary of State for Health and the Welsh Assembly Government.

Current members of the NICE Partners Council

Organisation Name
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Prof Tim Coates
Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Alliance Bill Freeman
Association of Ambulance Services Paul Grant
Association of British Healthcare Industries Colin S Morgan
Association of British Insurers Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald
Association of Directors of Social Services Mr Ted Unsworth
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry Mr David J Fisher
Association of Welsh Community Health Councils Professor David Owens
Black Health Agency Mr Nick Barstow
British Dental Association Susie Sanderson
British Dietetic Association Lee Hooper
British Medical Association Dr David Lewis
British Psychological Society Stephen Pilling
BUPA Dr Andrew Vallance-Owen
Carers UK Malcolm Blanch
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Mr Graham Jukes
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Kate McCoy
College of Occupational Therapists Dr Elizabeth White
Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association Ms Lesley Young-Murphy
Equalities National Council BME Disabled People/Carers Ms Julie-Jaye Charles
Faculty of Dental Surgery Professor Fraser McDonald
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine Dr David Galloway
Faculty of Public Health Medicine Prof Rod Griffiths
Independent Healthcare Forum Dr Andrew Vallance-Owen
Institute for Quality Assurance To be appointed
Local Government Association Cllr David Rogers OBE
National Consumer Council Saranjit Sihota
National Federation of Women's Institutes Margeret Simons
NHS Confederation Bryan Stoten
Royal College of Anaesthetists To be appointed
Royal College of General Practitioners Dr Mayer Lakhani
Royal College of Midwives Julie Wray
Royal College of Nursing Maura Buchanan
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Prof Allan Templeton
Royal College of Ophthalmologists Professor Usha Chakravarthy
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Dr Edward Wozniak
Royal College of Pathologists Dr Peter Cowling
Royal College of Physicians Professor Ian Gilmore
Royal College of Psychiatrists Dr Paul Lelliott
Royal College of Radiologists Rodney Reznek
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Diane Payne
Royal College of Surgeons England Dr Mark Emberton
Royal Institute of Public Health Awaiting to be advised
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Mr John Patrick Farrell
The Princess Royal Trust Alison Ryan
UNISON Bob Abberley
United Kingdom Public Health Association Professor David Hunter
Wales Council for Voluntary Action David Smith
Ex-Citizens Council Sylvia Brown
Ex-Citizens Council Audrey Pestell

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