CHAIRMAN:
Professor Michael Schofield (Chairman, Dorset Community Health Trust) CONTACT: 01305 264 479

MEMBERS:
Professor KGMM Alberti (President, Royal College of Physicians)
PRESS CONTACT: Linda Cuthbertson :0171 935 1174

Councillor Bernard Atha OBE (Chairman, Cultural Services Committee, Leeds City Council)Dr Michael Brindle (President, Royal College of Radiology)
CONTACT: 0171 636 4432

Dame Fiona Caldicott (Past-President, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Principal, Somerville College, Oxford)

Tony Close CBE (Chairman, Health Education Authority)
PRESS CONTACT: Jennie Hay :0171 413 2612

Mike Conway (National Association of Leagues of Hospital Friends)
CONTACT: 01206 761 227

Bill Darling CBE (International Hospitals Federation)
PRESS CONTACT: Sheila Anazonwu :0171 372 7181

Philip Davies (NHS Confederation in Wales)
CONTACT: 01267 227 541

Professor Brian Edwards (University of Sheffield Centre of Health & Related Research) Dame Rennie Fritchie
Mr John Ferguson OBE Secretary and Registrar (The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain)
Contact tel no: 0171 735 9141
Cathy Gritzner (General Manager, Patients Association)
CONTACT: 0181 423 9111

Robert Hanna CBE.JP (Chairman, Northern Health & Social Services Board, Northern Ireland)
PRESS CONTACT: Roberta Dalton :01232 524742

Toby Harris (Director, Association of Community Health Councils in England and Wales)
CONTACT: 0171 609 8405

J M Hunt (Chief Executive & Secretary, British Dental Association)
PRESS CONTACT: Kate Cinamon :0171 935 0875

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Former Chief Executive, The NHS Confederation) Terry Hunt (Chief Executive, NHS Supplies)
PRESS CONTACT: Lindsay Wilkinson :0118 980 8634

John Hunter (Chief Executive, Department of Health & Social Services, Northern Ireland)
PRESS CONTACT: Mervyn Ferris :01693 60505

Elizabeth Jenkins (Assistant General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing)
PRESS CONTACT: Julie Treanor :0171 647 3633

Dr Robert Kendell (President, Royal College of Psychiatrists)
PRESS CONTACT: Deborah Hart :0171 201 2601ext 127

Alasdair Liddell CBE (Director of Planning, NHS Executive Headquarters)
PRESS CONTACT: Ross Langford/Rachel Chapman :0113 254 6214

Angela Lyons (The NHS Confederation)
PRESS CONTACT: Barbara Connah :0121 471 1381

Dr Sandy Macara (Chairman, British Medical Association)
PRESS CONTACT: Nigel Duncan :0171 387 4499

Paul Marks (Deputy Head of Health, Unison)
PRESS CONTACT: Nita Clarke :0171 388 1183

Helen McCallum (Head of Communications, NHS Executive)
PRESS CONTACT: Ross Langford/Rachel Chapman :0113 254 6214


Colette McCreedy Head of Practice Division,The National Pharmaceutical Association
Contact tel no: 01727 832161
Dr Lotte Newman OBE.PRCGP (President, Royal College of General Practitioners)
PRESS CONTACT: Anne Nicholls/Ann-Marie Pereira :0171 581 3232

Clive Parr (Chief Executive, National Association of Fundholding Practices)
PRESS CONTACT: Ray Stephenson :0171 636 7228

Denise Platt CBE (Head of Social Services, Local Government Association)
PRESS CONTACT: Andrea da Gama :0171 664 3346

Hon Lindy Price CBE (Chairman, Gwent Health Authority)
CONTACT: 01495 765065

Claire Rayner (Chair, Patient's Association)
CONTACT: 0181 423 9111

Alan Reid (Director of Corporate Communications, Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust)
CONTACT: 01224 840 695

Paul Simpson (Chief Executive, DHSS :Northern Ireland)
PRESS CONTACT: Roberta Dalton :01232 524742

Roy Taylor (President, Association of Directors of Social Services)
CONTACT: 0181 547 6000

Dr A J Taylor OBE (Chairman, Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust)
CONTACT: 01224 663131

Roger Titley (Secretary, NHS Retirement Fellowship)
CONTACT: 01296 330 471

Jean Trainor (Deputy Chief Executive, The NHS Confederation)
PRESS CONTACT: Barbara Connah :0121 471 1381

Sir William Wells (South Thames Regional Chairman, NHS Executive)
PRESS CONTACT: Paul Bryden :0171 725 2571

Dr Andrew Willis (Chairman, National Association of Commissioning GPs)
PRESS CONTACT: Dr Ron Singer :0181 804 0121