Committee Members: Professor R. L. Akehurst, Dean, School of Health Related Research, University of Sheffield; Dr Tom Aslan, General Practitioner, The Surgery, Stockwell, London; Professor David Barnett (Chair) Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester; Dr Sheila Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge; Professor Rosamund Bryar, Professor of Community & Primary Care Nursing, St Bartholomew's School of Nursing & Midwifery; Professor Martin Buxton, Director of Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University; Dr Karl Claxton, Health Economist, University of York; Dr Richard Cookson, Senior Lecturer, Health Economics, School of Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia; Professor Sarah Cowley, Professor of Community Practice Development, King's College, London; Professor Terry Feest, Clinical Director & Consultant Nephrologist, Richard Bright Renal Unit, & Chairman of the UK Renal Registry; Professor Gary A Ford, Professor of Pharmacology of Old Age/Consultant Physician, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust; Mrs Sue Gallagher, Former Chief Executive, Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority; Ms Bethan George, Interface Liaison Pharmacist, Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust and St. Bartholomew's & The Royal London Hospital; Dr Trevor Gibbs, Head, Global Clinical Safety & Pharmacovigilance, GlaxoSmithKline; Mr John Goulston, Director of Finance, Barts & the London NHS Trust; Professor Philip Home, Professor of Diabetes Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne; Dr Terry John, General Practitioner, The Firs, London; Mr Muntzer Mughal, Consultant Surgeon, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Mr James Partridge, Lay Representative, Chief Executive, Changing Faces; Mrs Kathryn Roberts, Nurse Practitioner, Hattersley Health Centre, Hyde, Cheshire; Professor Philip Routledge, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Wales; Ms Anne Smith, Lay Representative; Trustee, Long Term Medical Conditions Alliance; Professor Andrew Stevens (Vice-Chair) Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham; Dr Cathryn Thomas, General Practitioner & Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham; Dr Norman Vetter, Reader, Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, University of Wales College of Medicine; Dr David Winfield, Consultant Haematologist, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, University of Wales College of Medicine