7 Appraisal committee members and NICE project team
Appraisal committee members
The appraisal committee is a standing advisory committee of the Institute. 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 three times a month except in December, when there are no meetings. The Committee membership is split into three branches, each with a chair and 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 A E Ades
Professor of Public Health Science, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol
Dr Amanda Adler
Consultant Physician, Cambridge University Hospitals Trust
Ms Anne Allison
Nurse Clinical Adviser, Healthcare Commission
Dr Tom Aslan
General Practitioner, The Hampstead Group Practice, London
Professor David Barnett (Chair)
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Leicester Royal Infirmary
Dr Matt Bradley
Head of HTA and Business Environment, Sanofi-Aventis Ltd
Mrs Elizabeth Brain
Lay Member
Mr David Chandler
Lay Member
Simon Dixon
Reader in Health Economics, University of Sheffield
Mrs Fiona Duncan
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Anaesthetic Department, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool
Mr John Goulston
Chief Executive, Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs Eleanor Grey
Lay Member
Professor Philip Home (Vice Chair)
Professor of Diabetes Medicine, Newcastle University
Dr Vincent Kirkbride
Consultant Neonatologist, Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Sheffield
Dr Alec Miners
Lecturer in Health Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Ann Richardson
Lay Member
Mrs Angela Schofield
Chairman, Bournemouth and Poole Teaching PCT
Mr Mike Spencer
General Manager, Facilities and Clinical Support Services, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust
Dr Simon Thomas
Consultant Physician and Reader in Therapeutics, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University
Mr David Thomson
Lay Member