Committee Members: Professor A E Ades, MRC Senior Scientist, MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol; 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; Mrs Elizabeth Brain, Independent Patient Advocate; Professor Gary Butler, Professor of Paediatrics, University of Reading/Royal Berkshire Hospital; 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; Professor Christopher Eccleston, Director Pain Management Unit, University of Bath; Professor Terry Feest, Professor of Clinical Nephrology, Southmead Hospital; Ms Alison Forbes, Lay Representative, Health Consultant Associate, Eden Insight; Professor John Geddes, Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry, University of Oxford; Mr John Goulston, Director of Finance, St Bartholomew's and the London NHS Trust; Mr Adrian Griffin, Health Outcomes Manager, Johnson & Johnson Medical Ltd; 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 Lecturer in Primary Care Medicine, Alyth Health Centre, Angus, Scotland; Mr Muntzer Mughal, Consultant Surgeon, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Ms Judith Paget, Chief Executive, Caerphilly Local Health Board, Wales; Dr Katherine Payne, Health Economist, The North West Genetics Knowledge Park, The University of Manchester; Dr Ann Richardson, Independent Patient Advocate; Mrs Kathryn Roberts, Nurse Practitioner, Hattersley Group Practice, Cheshire; Professor Philip Routledge, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Wales, Cardiff; Dr Debbie Stephenson, Head of HTA Strategy, Eli Lilly and Company; 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 Norman Vetter, Reader, Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Wales, Cardiff; Dr Paul Watson, Medical Director, Essex Strategic Health Authority; Dr David Winfield, Consultant Haematologist, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield