Low back pain: Early management of persistent non-specific low back pain
This is an extract from the guidance and may be misleading if read alone. The complete guidance is available at guidance.nice.org.uk/cg88
Appendix A: The Guideline Development Group
Professor Martin Underwood (Chair)
Professor of Primary Care Research, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Professor Paul Watson (Clinical Advisor)
Professor of Pain Management and Rehabilitation, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester
Mrs Elaine Buchanan
Consultant Physiotherapist, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford
Dr Paul Coffey
General Practitioner, Eynsham Medical Group, Witney, Oxon
Mr Peter Dixon
Chiropractor Chairman, General Chiropractic Council, London
Mrs Christine Drummond
Patient representative
Mrs Margaret Flanagan
Nurse Clinician, Western Avenue Medical Centre, Chester
Professor Charles Greenough
Consultant Spinal Surgeon, James Cook University, Middlesbrough
Dr Mark Griffiths
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Halton and St Helens PCT
Dr Jacqueline Halliday Bell
Medical Inspector, Health and Safety Executive, Birmingham
Dr Dries Hettinga
Patient representative, Head of Research and Policy, BackCare
Mr Steven Vogel
Vice Principal (Research and Quality), British School of Osteopathy, London
Dr David Walsh
Associate Professor, Kings Mill Hospital, Sutton in Ashfield
Co-opted GDG members
The following people attended meetings at which their expertise was required.
Dr Michael Cummings
Medical Director, British Medical Acupuncture Society
Mr Ray Langford
Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care
Gill Ritchie
Guideline Lead, National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care
Pauline Savigny
Health Services Research Fellow, National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care
Nicola Brown
Health Services Research Fellow, National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care (from May 2007 to October 2007)
Stefanie Kuntze
Health Economist, National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care
David Hill
Project Manager, National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care
Chris Rule
Project Manager, National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care (from August 2006 to September 2007)
Marian Cotterell
Information Scientist, National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care