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; Dr Karl Claxton, Health Economist, 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, Taunton; 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; Ms Linda Hands, Consultant Surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; Dr Elizabeth Haxby, Lead Clinician in Clinical Risk Management, Royal Brompton Hospital, London; Dr Rowan Hillson, Consultant Physician, Diabeticare, The Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge; Dr Catherine Jackson, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Primary Care Medicine, University of Dundee; Professor Richard Lilford Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham; Dr Simon Mitchell, Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester; Ms Judith Paget, Chief Executive, Caerphilly Local Health Board, Wales; Dr Katherine Payne, Health Economist, The North West Genetics Knowledge Park, University of Manchester; Dr Ann Richardson, Independent Research Consultant; Dr Stephen Saltissi, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital; Mr Mike Spencer, General Manager, Clinical Support Services, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust; Professor Andrew Stevens (Vice Chair) Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham; Dr Cathryn Thomas, General Practitioner, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands; Associate Professor, Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham; Simon Thomas, Consultant Physician, General Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust; 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
