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10 Membership of the Public Health Advisory Committee and the NICE project team
10 Membership of the Public Health Advisory Committee and the NICE project team
Public Health Advisory Committee C
NICE has set up several Public Health Advisory Committees (PHACs). These standing committees consider the evidence and develop public health guidelines. Membership is multidisciplinary, comprising academics, public health practitioners, topic experts and members of the public. They may come from the NHS, education, social care, environmental health, local government or the voluntary sector. The following are members of PHAC C:
Core members
Ross Cowan
Community core member
Eileen Kaner
Professor of Public Health Research, Newcastle University
Stephen Morris
Professor of Health Economics, University College London
Jasmine Murphy
Consultant in Public Health, Leicester City Council
Kamran Siddiqi
Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of York
David Sloan
Retired Director of Public Health
Topic members
Barbara Hanratty
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Hull York Medical School, University of York
Raymond Jankowski
Deputy Director of Public Health, NHS Hertfordshire
John Kolm‑Murray
Seasonal Health & Affordable Warmth Coordinator, London Borough of Islington
Christine Liddell
Professor of Psychology, University of Ulster
Andrew Probert
Community topic member
Simon Roberts
Chief Executive, Centre for Sustainable Energy
Expert testimony to PHAC
Tim Anfilogoff
Programme manager, Hertfordshire valleys Clinical Commissioning Group
Gareth Baynham‑Hughes
Deputy Director, Fuel Poverty, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Martin Chadwick
Chief Officer, Beat the Cold
Philip Cullum
Partner, Consumer Policy and Demand Side Insight, OFGEM (Office of Gas and Electricity Markets)
Christine Liddell
Professor, School of Psychology, University of Ulster
Carolyn Snell
Lecturer in Social Policy, The University of York
Neil Walker
Energy and Renewal Surveyor, Watford Borough Council
Maria Wardrobe
Director of External Affairs, National Energy Action
NICE project team
Mike Kelly
CPH Director
Jane Huntley
Associate Director
Hugo Crombie
Lead Analyst
Andrew Hoy
Analyst
Ruaraidh Hill
Analyst
Karen Peploe
Analyst
Kim Jeong
Technical Adviser, Health Economics
Patricia Mountain
Project Manager
Rukshana Begum
Coordinator
Sue Jelley
Senior Editor
Susie Burlace
Editor
Declarations of interests
The following members of the Public Health Advisory Committee made declarations of interest. All other members of the Committee stated that they had no interests to declare.
|
Committee member |
Interest declared |
Type of interest |
Decision taken |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gina Radford |
None |
N/A |
No further action required |
|
Ross Cowan |
Unpaid trustee of the Health and Race Equality Forum |
Personal non‑pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Ross Cowan |
Part‑time employment with a voluntary organisation which includes work supporting voluntary, community and social enterprise involvement on Health and Wellbeing Boards including use of NICE guidance |
Personal non‑pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Barbara Hanratty |
Brother‑in‑law employed as a statistician by Pfizer in the Republic of Ireland |
Personal family interest |
No further action required |
|
Raymond Jankowski |
Wife is the head of immunisation division at Public Health England and is involved in the national plans for Flu vaccinations |
Personal family interest |
No further action required |
|
Eileen Kaner |
The topic of excess winter deaths is the focus of 1 PhD student at the Institute for Health and Society at Newcastle University, for which Eileen is the Director |
Non‑personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
John Kolm‑Murray |
Employed by Islington London Borough Council as a seasonal health and affordable warmth coordinator |
Personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
John Kolm‑Murray |
Employer received NHS reablement funding in 2012/13 and funding from the Department of Health's Warm Homes Healthy People fund in 2011/12 and 2012/13 |
Non‑personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
John Kolm‑Murray |
Director of National Right to Fuel Campaign and Steering group member of End Fuel Poverty Coalition. Deputy Chair of Carbon Action Network |
Personal non‑pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
John Kolm‑Murray |
Trustee of British Gas Energy Trust |
Personal non‑pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Christine Liddell |
None |
N/A |
No further action required |
|
Steve Morris |
Received consultancy fees in 2011/12 from GlaxoSmithKline to undertake a cost‑effectiveness analysis of mepolizumab in adults and adolescents with severe asthma |
Personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Jasmine Murphy |
None |
N/A |
No further action required |
|
Andrew Probert |
None |
N/A |
No further action required |
|
Simon Roberts |
Employer (Centre for Sustainable Energy) may benefit from a market expansion and increased funding available due to the publication of the guidance. Will not create a direct benefit, but may increase fundraising opportunities to deliver programmes |
Non‑personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Kamran Siddiqi |
Received funding on behalf of the University of York from the Medical Research Council (MRC), the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), Cancer Research UK and the International Development Research Centre in Canada |
Personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Kamran Siddiqi |
Employer (University of York) has an interest in public health areas of research and has secured research grants from NIHR, MRC and several other organisations for a variety of public health topics |
Non‑personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Kamran Siddiqi |
Has an academic interest in a number of public health research topics including: tobacco cessation; second‑hand smoking; preventing tobacco uptake; and ethnicity and health. Has written and presented on these topics and has secured research grants from various public bodies and charities including NIHR |
Personal non‑pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
David Sloan |
None |
N/A |
No further action required |
|
Carolyn Snell |
Grant holder of Eaga Charitable trust, through York University. Eaga funded work presented at the fifth NICE excess winter deaths Public Health Advisory Committee meeting |
Non‑personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Carolyn Snell |
Has made policy recommendations as a result of the research being presented |
Personal non‑pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Frances Quinn |
Member of British Polio and tutor on a self‑management of long‑term conditions course, which involved signposting people to information on exercise, nutrition and vitamin D |
Personal non‑pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Topic expert |
Interest declared |
Type of interest |
Decision taken |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Martin Chadwick |
Employer received funding via Stoke‑on‑Trent City Council and Staffordshire County Council from the Warm Homes Healthy People fund in 2011/12 and 2012/13 |
Non‑personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Martin Chadwick |
Member of the steering group of the National Right to Fuel Campaign |
Personal non‑pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Philip Cullum |
Employed by the energy regulator Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM) |
Personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Philip Cullum |
Has managerial responsibility for OFGEM's policy and regulatory work on consumer vulnerability along with its consumer research function |
Non‑personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Philip Cullum |
Has expressed views on the role of energy companies in helping consumers in vulnerable situations, in the context of his role at OFGEM. Also commented on such issues between 2005 to 11 as deputy chief executive at the National Consumer Council, then Consumer Focus. Also worked at Which? in the mid‑1990s, latterly as head of the policy team, and it is likely that he commented on similar issues then |
Personal non‑pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Helen Stockton |
Employed by National Energy Action (NEA)as a senior research and policy officer. In this role she was recently involved in the delivery of an evaluation of 2 programmes in Durham and Darlington, the aims of which included reducing excess winter deaths and cold‑related morbidity. The research was commissioned by Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust |
Personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |
|
Helen Stockton |
Employed by NEA as a senior research and policy officer. NEA is a charity that campaigns for greater investment in energy efficiency. Its work includes making recommendations to government, health sector and other stakeholders on interventions that could improve thermal efficiency and reduce fuel poverty, ill‑health and preventable deaths |
Non‑personal pecuniary interest |
No further action required |