Committee Members: 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; Dr Richard Cookson, Senior Lecturer, Health Economics, School of Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich; Professor Gary A Ford, Professor of Pharmacology of Old Age/Consultant Physician, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust; Ms Bethan George, Interface Liaison Pharmacist, Tower Hamlets PCT and Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel; Dr Trevor Gibbs, Head, Global Clinical Safety & Pharmacovigilance, GlaxoSmithKline, Greenford; Mr John Goulston, Director of Finance, St Bartholomew's Hospital and the London NHS Trust; Mr Muntzer Mughal, Consultant Surgeon, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Chorley; Ms Judith Paget, Chief Executive, Caerphilly Local Health Board, Torfaen; Mrs Kathryn Roberts, Nurse Practitioner, Hyde, Cheshire; Professor Philip Routledge, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Wales, Cardiff; Ms Anne Smith, Lay Representative; Trustee, Long-Term Medical Conditions Alliance; Professor Andrew Stevens (Vice-Chair) Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham; Dr Cathryn Thomas, General Practitioner/Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Care and 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