Committee Members: Dr Jane Adam, Radiologist, St George's Hospital, London; Professor A E Ades, MRC Senior Scientist, MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol; Dr Amanda Adler, Consultant Physician, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge; Dr Tom Aslan, General Practitioner, Stockwell, London; Professor David Barnett (Chair) Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leicester; Mrs Elizabeth Brain, Lay member; Professor Karl Claxton, Professor of Health Economics, University of York; Dr Richard Cookson, Senior Lecturer in Health Economics, School of Medicine Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia; Mrs Fiona Duncan, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Anaesthetic Department, Blackpool Victoria Hospital; Professor Christopher Eccleston, Director, Pain Management Unit, University of Bath; Dr Paul Ewings, Statistician, Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust; Professor John Geddes, Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry, University of Oxford; Mr John Goulston, Director of Finance, Barts and the London NHS Trust; Mr Adrian Griffin, Health Outcomes Manager, Johnson & Johnson Medical Ltd; Ms Linda Hands, Consultant Surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; Dr Elizabeth Haxby, Lead Clinician in Clinical Risk Management, Royal Brompton Hospital; Dr Rowan Hillson, Consultant Physician, Diabeticare, The Hillingdon Hospital; Dr Catherine Jackson, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Primary Care Medicine, University of Dundee; Professor Philip Home (Vice Chair) Professor of Diabetes Medicine, Newcastle University; Dr Terry John, General Practitioner, The Firs, London; Professor Richard Lilford, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham; Dr Simon Maxwell, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology and Honorary Consultant Physician, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh; Dr Simon Mitchell, Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester; Ms Judith Paget, Chief Executive, Caerphilly Local Health Board, Wales; Dr Ann Richardson, Lay member; Dr Stephen Saltissi, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital; Mr Mike Spencer, General Manager, Clinical Support Services, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust; Dr Debbie Stephenson, Head of HTA Strategy, Eli Lilly and Company; Professor Andrew Stevens, Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham; Dr Cathryn Thomas, General Practitioner and Associate Professor, Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham; Dr Simon Thomas, Consultant Physician, General Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust; Mr David Thomson, Lay member; Dr Norman Vetter, Reader, Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Wales, Cardiff; Professor Mary Watkins, Professor of Nursing, University of Plymouth; Dr Paul Watson, Medical Director, Essex Strategic Health Authority