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, Blackpool; 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; Ms Linda Hands, Consultant Surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital; Dr Rowan Hillson, Consultant Physician, Diabeticare, The Hillingdon Hospital; Professor Philip Home (Vice Chair) Professor of Diabetes Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne; 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 Mitchell, Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester; Dr Alec Miners, Lecturer in Health Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; 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; 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 & Associate Professor, Department of Primary Care & General Practice, University of Birmingham; 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, Director of Commissioning, East England Strategic Health Authority