Pharmaceutical Panel (PHP)
The PHP assesses topic suggestions involving drugs (including the prescribing of drugs) in all primary and secondary care. There can be some overlap with PHP and the other HTA panels, for example when drug and delivery mechanisms are evaluated together. The pharmaceutical industry is well resourced and driven by regulatory bodies so a strong evidence base already exists for many topics in this area.
Membership 2008
Chair
Professor Robin Ferner, Consultant Physician and Director, West Midlands Centre for Adverse Drug Reactions, City Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham
Deputy Chair
Professor Imti Choonara, Professor in Child Health, University of Nottingham
Members
Professor Stirling Bryan, Professor of health Economics, Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham
Mr John Chapman, Service User Representative
Mrs Nicola Carey, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Peter Elton, Director of Public Health, Bury Primary Care Trust
Mrs Barbara Greggains, Service User Representative
Dr Bill Gutteridge, Medical Adviser, London Strategic Health Authority
Professor Jonathan Ledermann, Professor of Medical Oncology, Director of the Cancer Research UK and University College London Cancer Trials Centre
Dr Yoon K Loke, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, University of East Anglia
Professor Femi Oyebode, Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of Department, university of Birmingham
Dr Andrew Prentice, Senior Lecturer and Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, The Rosie Hospital, University of Cambridge
Dr Martin Shelly, General Practitioner, Leeds. Associate Director, NHS Clinical Governance Support Team, Leicester
Mrs Katrina Simister, Assistant Director New Medicines, National Prescribing Centre, Liverpool
Mr David Symes, Service User Representative
Dr Vaughan Thomas, Consultant Anaesthetist, Southampton University Hospitals Trust
Observers
Ms Kay Pattison, Section head NHS R&D Programme, Department of Health
Mr Simon Reeve, Head of Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness, Medicines, Pharmacy and Industry Group, Department of Health
Dr Heike Weber, Programme Manager, MRC
Dr Ursula Wells, Principal Research Officer, Department of Health
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