Committee Members: Professor R L Akehurst, Dean, School of Health Related Research, Sheffield University; Professor David Barnett (Chair) Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester; Professor Sir Colin Berry, Retired Professor of Morbid Anatomy & Histopathology, The Royal London Hospital; Dr Sheila Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge; Professor Rosamund Bryar, Professor of Community & Primary Care Nursing, St Bartholomew's School of Nursing & Midwifery, London; Professor Martin Buxton, Director of Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, Uxbridge; Dr Karl Claxton, Health Economist, University of York; Professor Sarah Cowley, Professor of Community Practice Development, Kings College, London; Mr Chris Evennett (resigned June 2002) Chief Executive, Mid-Hampshire Primary Care Trust, Winchester; Professor Terry Feest, Clinical Director & Consultant Nephrologist, Richard Bright Renal Unit, & Chair of UK Renal Registry, Bristol; 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 & Wandsworth Health Authority, London; Dr Trevor Gibbs, Head, Global Clinical Safety & Pharmacovigilance, GlaxoSmithKline, Greenford; Mr John Goulston, Director of Finance, St Bartholoemew's Hospital & the London NHS Trust; Professor Philip Home, Professor of Diabetes Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne; Dr Terry John, General Practitioner, The Firs, London; Dr Diane Ketley (term of office ended August 2002) Research into Practice Programme Leader, NHS Modernisation Agency, Leicester; Dr Mayur Lakhani (term of office ended August 2002) General Practitioner, Highgate Surgery, Leicester, & Lecturer, University of Leicester; Mr Muntzer Mughal, Consultant Surgeon, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Chorley; Mr James Partridge, Lay Representative, Chief Executive, Changing Faces, London; Professor Philip Routledge, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Wales, Cardiff; Professor Andrew Stevens (Vice-Chair) Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham; Dr Cathryn Thomas, General Practitioner, & Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Care & General Practice, University of Birmingham; Dr David Winfield, Consultant Haematologist, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield