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Appendix A Membership of the Programme Development Group (PDG), the NICE project team and external contractors
Appendix A Membership of the Programme Development Group (PDG), the NICE project team and external contractors
Programme Development Group
PDG membership is multidisciplinary. The Group comprises academics, clinicians, local authority officers, public health practitioners, social care professionals, teachers, technical experts and representatives of the public, as follows.
Vijay Anand GP, Worcester
Neil Connelly Community Member
Daniela De Angelis Programme Leader, Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge
Kate Drysdale Clinical Nurse Specialist, Dudley Group Community Services
Erika Duffell Expert in Surveillance for HIV, STI and Hepatitis, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm
Opal Greyson Viral Hepatitis Specialist Nurse, NHS Bedford and Luton
Richard Grieve Senior Lecturer in Health Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Matt Hickman (Chair) Professor in Public Health and Epidemiology, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol and Honorary Public Health Consultant, NHS Bristol
Will Irving Professor and Honorary Consultant in Virology, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Jeremy Jones Principal Research Fellow, Southampton Health Technologies Assessments Centre (SHTAC), University of Southampton
Emily Kam-Yin Lam Community Member
Deirdre Kelly Professor of Paediatric Hepatology, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Salim Khakoo Professor of Hepatology, University of Southampton
Danny Morris Independent Consultant, UK Harm Reduction Alliance
Cristina Osorio Community Member
Kylie Reed Psychiatrist and Clinical Research Worker, National Addiction Centre
April Wareham Community Member
James Windsor Community Member
Nat Wright Clinical Director Vulnerable Groups, NHS Leeds
NICE project team
Mike Kelly CPHE Director
Antony Morgan Associate Director
Kay Nolan Co-lead Analyst
Clare Wohlgemuth Co-lead Analyst
Hilary Chatterton Analyst
James Jagroo Analyst
Alastair Fischer Technical Adviser, Health Economics
Victoria Axe Project Manager
Melinda Kay Coordinator
Sue Jelley Senior Editor
Anna Poppa Senior Editor
James Hall Editor
Alison Lake Editor
External contractors
Evidence reviews
Review 1 was carried out by Liverpool John Moores University. The principal authors were: Lisa Jones, Amanda Atkinson, Lorna Porcellato, Geoff Bates, Ellie McCoy, Caryl Beynon, Jim McVeigh and Mark Bellis.
Review 2 was carried out by Liverpool John Moores University. The principal authors were: Lisa Jones, Geoff Bates, Ellie McCoy, Caryl Beynon, Jim McVeigh and Mark Bellis.
The mapping review was carried out by Liverpool John Moores University. The principal authors were: Lisa Jones, Geoff Bates, Ellie McCoy, Amy Luxton, Caryl Beynon, Jim McVeigh and Mark Bellis.
Cost effectiveness
The review of economic evaluations was carried out as part of review 2.
Economic modelling was carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. It comprised two reports. The principal authors were: Natasha Martin, Alec Miners, Peter Vickerman and Anjan Ghosh.
See appendix E for the titles of the above reports.
Key information for modelling was obtained from Hepatitis C Action Plan for Scotland (especially from Sharon Hutchinson, Avril Taylor and their colleagues).
Expert testimony
Presentation 1 by Annie Mackie, UK National Screening Committee.
Presentation 2 by Mary Ramsay, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections.
Presentation 3 by Dr Eamonn O'Moore, Health Protection Agency.
Presentation 4 by Jaswant Sira, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Presentation 5 by Jez Thompson, Royal College of General Practitioners.
Presentation 6 by Magdalena Harris, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Further expert testimony was given verbally by:
Vivian Hope, Health Protection Agency
Professor Martin Lombard, Department of Health
Catherine Stephens, International Union of Sex Workers
Professor Howard Thomas, Imperial College London
Jenny Wong (on behalf of Chinese interpreters), Manchester Chinese Centre.