Committee Members: Dr Jane Adam, Radiologist, St George's Hospital, London; Dr Sunil Angris, General Practitioner, Waterhouses Medical Practice, Staffordshire; Professor David Barnett (Chair) Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester; Professor Carol Black (up to June 2002) Consultant Physician, Royal Free Hospital & University College London; Professor John Brazier, Health Economist, University of Sheffield; Professor Mike Campbell, Statistician, Institute of General Practice & Primary Care, Sheffield; Dr Mike Davies, Consultant Physician, University Department of Medicine & Metabolism, Manchester Royal Infirmary; Professor Jack Dowie, Health Economist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Dr Paul Ewings, Statistician, Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust, Taunton; Ms Sally Gooch, Director of Nursing, Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Chelmsford; Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Health Care, University College London; Miss Linda Hands, Clinical Reader in Surgery, University of Oxford; Ms Ruth Lesirge, Lay Representative; previously Director, Mental Health Foundation, London; Dr George Levvy, Lay Representative; Chief Executive, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Northampton; Dr Gill Morgan, Chief Executive, NHS Confederation, London; Professor Miranda Mugford (up to November 2002) Health Economist, University of East Anglia, Norwich; Ms Siân Richards (up to December 2002) Chief Executive, Cardiff Local Health Board; Professor Philip Routledge, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Wales, Cardiff; Dr Rhiannon Rowsell (up to December 2002) Medical & Regulatory Affairs Director, AstraZeneca UK Ltd, Luton; Dr Stephen Saltissi, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital; Professor Andrew Stevens (Vice-Chair) Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham; Professor Ray Tallis (up to January 2003) Consultant Physician, Hope Hospital, Salford; Professor Mary Watkins, Professor of Nursing, University of Plymouth; Dr Norman Waugh, Senior Lecturer and Public Health Consultant, University of Southampton