Committee Members: Dr A E Ades, MRC Senior Scientist, MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol; Professor Ron Akehurst, Dean, School of Health Related Research, University of Sheffield; Dr Tom Aslan, General Practitioner, 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 and Primary Care Nursing, St Bartholomew's School of Nursing and Midwifery, London; Dr Karl Claxton, Health Economist, University of York; 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; Dr John Geddes, Consultant Psychiatrist, University Department of Psychiatrists, Oxford; Ms Bethan George, Interface Liaison Pharmacist, Tower Hamlets PCT and Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel; Dr Trevor Gibbs, Head, Global Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance, GlaxoSmithKline, Greenford; Mr John Goulston, Director of Finance, Barts and 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, Chorley; Judith Paget, Chief Executive, Caerphilly Local Health Board, Torfaen; Mrs Kathryn Roberts, Nurse Practitioner, Hyde, Cheshire; Ms Anne Smith, Lay Representative; Trustee, Long-Term Medical Conditions Alliance; Dr Cathryn Thomas, General Practitioner, & Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Care & General Practice, University of Birmingham; Dr Norman Vetter Reader, Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Wales, Cardiff; Dr David Winfield, Consultant Haematologist, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield