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; Professor Sheila Bird, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge; Mrs Elizabeth Brain, Lay Representative, Registered General Nurse; Dr Karl Claxton, Health Economist, University of York; Dr Richard Cookson, Senior Lecturer, Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York; 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; Mr John Goulston, Director of Finance, Barts and the London NHS Trust; Dr Rowan Hillson, Consultant Physician, Diabeticare, The Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge; Dr Catherine Jackson, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Primary Care Medicine, Alyth Health Centre, Angus, Scotland; Ms Judith Paget, Chief Executive, Caerphilly Local Health Board, Wales; Dr Ann Richardson, Lay rRepresentative, Independent Research Consultant; 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, and 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