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| Name | Established
| Terminated | Terms of reference
| Date and subjects of any reports
| Membership |
| Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA)
| Nov 1998 | 2003
| To advise the Secretary of State on a new formula for distributing resources between Health Authorities and Primary Care Groups/Trusts; and to advise on how to reduce avoidable health inequalities.
| None | S Day (Chair; NHS Executive)
Avon Health Authority
Camden and Islington Health Authority
Coventry Health Authority
Dorset Health Authority
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospital NHS Trust
Linconshire Health Authority
Liverpool Health Authority
Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust
NHS Executive x4
NW Lancaster Health Authority
GPs x4
Imperial College of Medicine
LSE
Prescribing Support Unit
Regional Chair; North West
University of Kent
University of Lancaster
University of Southampton
University of York
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| Chief Medical Officer's Working Group on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
| Jan 1999 | Jan 2000
| To review management and practice in the field of CFS/ME with the aim of providing best practice guidance for professionals, patients and carers to improve the quality of care and treatment for people with CFS/ME.
| None | Allen Hutchinson (Chair; University of Sheffield)
St Bartholomew's Hospital x2
Guy's, King's and St Thomas's Hospitals
NHS Executive
North and East Devon Health Authority
Scottish Executive
Action for ME
BRAME x2
ME Association x2
25% ME Group
University of Sheffield
University of the West of England
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| Chief Medical Officer's Expert Group on Therapeutic Cloning
| Jun 1999 | Aug 2000
| To analyse and assess the incidence and ethical and social implications of therapeutic cloning; and to advise on regulation.
| Aug 2000 Report | Liam Donaldson (Chair; Chief Medical Officer)
Government's Chief Scientific Adviser
Member of Human Genetics Commission
Cardiff University
Genetics Services, Manchester
Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford
Regional Genetics Services, Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge x2
University of Edinburgh
UCL
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| Defibrillator Advisory Committee
| 1 Sep 1999 | There is not a scheduled date of termination
| To advise on the arrangements for deployment of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public places to be provided under the Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation initiative.
| Year report due Sep 2000
| John Nelson (Chair; Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust)
British Transport Police
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Department of Health
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Ambulance Service Association
British Cardiac Patients' Association
British Heart Foundation x2
British Red Cross Society
Joint Royal Colleges and Ambulance Liaison Committee
Resuscitation Council
St John Ambulance
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| Expert Patients Task Force
| Nov 1999 | Scheduled to be terminated in Nov 2000
| To design the new Expert Patients Programme to address the needs of people with a chronic disease or disability.
| Report due Autumn 2000
| Liam Donaldson (Chair; Chief Medical Officer)
Patients/service users x3
Professionals x7
Voluntary associations x11
Research expertise
Self-management training x3
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| Group Considering Future Funding Basis Genito-Urinary Medicine Services
| Mar 2000 | 2001
| To identify the key service issues/planning issues influencing GUM funding mechanisms.
To consider options for future funding mechanisms.
| None | A McNab (Chair; Sexual Health Policy Unit)
Department of Health x5
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital x2
Camden and Islington Health Authority
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority
London Regional Office, Corporate Finance
St. Thomas's Hospital
Guy's Hospital
Countess of Chester Hospital
Willesden Hospital
Consultant epidemiologist
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| HIV/AIDS Strategy Steering Group
| Mar 1999 | Jun 2000 (the Group was subsumed into the broader Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Strategy Steering Group)
| To develop the HIV/AIDS Strategy within the context of the Government's new policies. To produce findings from working groups and a draft HIV/AIDS Strategy document, relating to treatment and care, HIV testing and prevention.
| Progress Report on
HIV/AIDS Strategy - Apr 2000
| Sheila Adam (Chair; Department of Health)
St Bartholomew's Hospital
Brighton Health Authority
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
DFID
HM Prison Service Health
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Authority
Leeds Health Authority
London Borough of Croydon
Manchester Health Authority
Oxfordshire Health Authority
ADSS
African HIV Steering Group
City University School of Nursing
Mainliners
National AIDS Trust
Network of Self-Help HIV and AIDS Groups
PHLS-CDSC
Positively Women
Royal College of General Practitioners
Service user
Terence Higgins Trust
Trent Regional Office
UCLMS
University of Manchester
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| Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones
| 24 Aug 1999 | 11 May 2000
| To consider present concerns about the possible health effects from the use of mobile phones, base stations and transmitters, to conduct a rigorous assessment of existing research and to give advice based on the present state of knowledge; and to make recommendations on further work that should be carried out to improve the basis for sound advice.
| Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones: Mobile Phones and Health - 11 May 2000
| Sir William Stewart (Chair; Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust)
Edinburgh University Students' Association
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust
Women into Science and Engineering Campaign (WISE)
WHO EMF programme
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| Learning Disability Advisory Group
| Nov 1998 | Dec 2000
| To provide a forum in which Department of Health officials can explore issues and options arising from the programme of work on learning disabilities; to explore the implications for people with learning disabilities of the Department of Health's other more general policies; and to advise on possible options for future work.
| None | A Gross (Chair; Department of Health)
Association for Residential Care
British Institute of Learning Disabilities
Community Living
Herzov Associates
Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University
Mencap x2
National Development Team
NHS Confederation
People First
Rescare
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Psychiatrists
St George's Hospital Medical School
Values into Action
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| Modernisation Action Team: Prevention
| Apr 2000 | Not known, but future remit and status of the group is under review
| To review progress and set out further action to promote health, prevent disease, reduce health inequalities and to focus the health system on its contribution to tackling the causes of avoidable ill-health.
| Produced working paper as a contribution to the NHS Plan, published on 27 Jul 2000
| Liam Donaldson (Chair; Department of Health)
Cabinet Office
City and Hackney Community Services NHS Trust
Cornwall Healthcare Trust
Department of Health x2
Health Development Agency
Leeds Health Authority
Liverpool Health Authority
Local Government Association
Murray Hall Community Health Trust
National Heart Forum
North West Lancashire Health Authority
Sandwell Health Authority
Somerset Health Authority
Community Action Network
CPHVA
GP
Joint Consultants' Committee
Macmillan Cancer Relief
MRC National Collaboration on Health Services Research
Public Health
The King's Fund
UCL
UK Public Health Association
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| Modernisation Action Team: Partnership
| Apr 2000 | Unknown
| To ensure all parts of the health and social care system can work together, with the right emphasis at each level of care.
| Produced working paper as a contribution to the NHS Plan, published on 27 Jul 2000
| John Hutton (Chair; Minister of State for Health)
Association of Directors of Social Services
Audit Commission
Department of Health x3
Diana Princess of Wales Children's Hospital, Birmingham
Hillingdon Health Authority
Local Government Association
North Derbyshire NHS Trust
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust
Somerset Partnership NHS and Social Care Trust
Social Services, Harrow
Alzheimer's Disease Society
Anchor Housing Trust
British Medical Association
College of Occupational Therapists
National Patients' Access Team Trust
University of Manchester
Royal College of Nursing
Ridgeway Surgery, North Harrow
Westminster Healthcare plc
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| Modernisation Action Teams: Patient Access
| Apr 2000 | Not known
| To consider how to deliver fast and convenient access to all services, in line with the patient's clinical need.
| Produced working paper as a contribution to the NHS Plan, published on 27 Jul 2000.
| Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Chair; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health)
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
British Dental Association
Department of Health x2
Dorset Health Authority
Greenwich London Borough Council
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust
National Patients' Access team x3
North East Essex Mental Health NHS Trust
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust
HM Treasury
Withington Hospital
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
College of Health
GP
National Heart Director
Personal Medical Services Project, Salford
Royal College of Surgeons of England
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| Modernisation Action Team: Patient Empowerment
| Apr 2000 | Not known
| To empower and inform patients so that they can be more involved in their care.
| Produced working paper as a contribution to the NHS Plan, published on 27 Jul 2000
| G Stuart MP (Chair; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health)
Adelaide Medical Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust
Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust
Department of Health x2
NHS Executive SE Regional Office
Pindersfields and Pontefract Hospitals NHS Trust
Bradford CHC
British Diabetic Association
Carers National Association
GP Committee, BMA
Help for Health Trust
Keele University
Long-Term Medical Conditions Alliance
Picker Europe
Proprietary Association of Great Britain
Royal College of Midwives
Royal College of Nursing
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| Modernisation Action Teams: Performance
| Apr 2000 | Not known
| To review progress and set out further action to deliver the organisational and clinical performance and productivity required for the modernisation of the NHS.
| Produced working paper as a contribution to the NHS Plan, published on 27 Jul 2000
| Yvette Cooper MP (Chair; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health)
Audit Commission
Bath and West Community NHS Trust
Commission for Health Improvement
County Durham Health Authority
Department of Health x3
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Health Authority
HM Treasury
NHS Confederation
NHS Director of Clinical Governance
NHS Executive
Northern General Hospital NHS Trust
Academy of the Medical Royal Colleges
British Association of Medical Managers
British Medical Association
Centre for Health Economics
Institute of Healthcare Improvement
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
National Primary Care Development Team
Royal College of General Practitioners
Stroke Association
University of York
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| Modernisation Action Team: Professions
| Apr 2000 | Unknown
| To consider how to ensure the NHS has the right workforce with the right skills, organised in the right way to deliver modern, flexible patient-centred services.
| Produced working paper as a contribution to the NHS Plan, published on 27 Jul 2000
| John Denham MP (Chair; Minister of State for Health)
Barnet Health Authority
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Trust
Department of Health
Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust
Leeds Teaching Hospital
NHS Executive
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
Royal Bolton Hospital
Royal United Hospital, Bath
South and West Bradford PCG
St Mary's Hospital, London
University College Birmingham
Wigan and Leigh Health Services NHS Trust
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust
Broadcaster
ICONET Business Management
Patients' Forum
Royal College of Physicians
University of Southampton
UNISON
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| National Forum of Non-Governmental Public Health Organisations
| Feb 2000 | On-going
| To provide expertise and advice to the Department of Health on the contribution that non-governmental public health organisations can make to the development, implementation and delivery of Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation and related health policies; and to suggest possible areas of research to the Department of Health.
| None | Pat Troop (Chair; Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health).
Representatives from:
Age Concern
British Medical Association
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Child Poverty Action Group
College of Health
Commission for Racial Equality
Community Development and Health Network
Community Education Development Centre
Community Practitioners and Health Care Visitors Association
Consumers' Association
Faculty of Public Health Medicine
Health Development Agency
Health for All (UK)
Local Government Association
MIND
National Children's Bureau
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
National Heart Forum
NHS Confederation
Patients' Association
Royal College of GPs
Royal College of Nursing
Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Royal Society for the Promotion of Health
Scarman Trust
Society of Health Education and Promotion Specialists
Society of Local Authority Chief Executives
Standing Conference for Community Development
Stroke Association
UK Public Health Association
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| NHS Efficiency Task Force
| Jun 1997 | 7 Apr 2000
| Offers advice to Minister of State for Health on "opportunities for process and systems changes that will lead to the delivery of more efficient and effective patient care across the NHS".
| None, but did provide advice and guidance to Minister about a range of issues
| Health Authority
NHS Confederation
NHS Trust
Commission for Health Improvement
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| Out of Area Treatment Working Group
| Feb 2000 | May 2000
| To establish a method for costing OATs for the 2001/02 adjustment.
| None | L Eccles (Chair; NHS Executive)
Addenbrookes NHS Trust
DHSS
NHS Executive x6
Eastern Regional Office
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority
National Assembly for Wales
NW Regional Office
NWCS x2
Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust
Royal Devon and Exeter Healthcare NHS Trust
Salford and Trafford Health Authority
South Derbyshire Health Authority
Trent Regional Office
Walsall Community Health NHS Trust
SHHD
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| Pharmaceutical Industry Competitiveness Task Force
| Apr 2000 | Apr 2001
| To identify all the criteria for maintaining and developing the competitiveness of the UK as a successful and effective base for an innovative pharmaceutical industry in a global market.
| Apr 2000 Report | Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Joint Chair; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health)
Tom McKillop (Joint Chair; AstraZeneca)
Department of Health x2
Minister for Education and Employment
Minister for Planning
Minister for Trade and Industry
HM Treasury
Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry
Glaxo Wellcome
Merck Sharp & Dohme
Novartis UK
Smithkline Beecham x2
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| Review of Research Framework in North Staffordshire Health Services
| Dec 1998 | May 2000
| To undertake a review of the general framework for the approval and monitoring of clinical research projects at North Staffordshire NHS Trust.
| Report of the Review of the Research Framework in North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust
| CHC
Midlands Health Consultancy Network
SWRO
WMRO
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| Review of Welfare Food Scheme
| Aug 1999 | Aug 2000
| To consider the nutritional status and requirements of pregnant women and children, based on the best available evidence of nutritional need; to consider whether there is any evidence of a need to provide nutritional supplements to pregnant women and children in certain groups, including low income families and the socially excluded; and to consider the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of each element of the existing scheme.
| Panel on Child and Maternal Nutrition (PCMN) issued a nutritional review for consultation in Dec 1999; the final report is expected to be published in Autumn 2000.
| Pat Troup (Chair; Department of Health)
Department of Health x9
HM Treasury
DfEE
DSS
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Wales
St George's Hospital, Tooting
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| Sexual Health Strategy External Reference Group
| Sep 1999 | May 2000
| To ensure content of sexual health strategy encompasses key issues and is consistent with related pieces of work.
| None | M Adler (Chair)
Department of Health x3
Health Education Authority
Chief Executive Primary Care Group
FPA
National Aids Trust
National Youth Services
Royal College of Nursing
Terence Higgins Trust
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
CARE
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| Task Force on Violence against Social Care Staff
| 1 Sep 1999 | Oct 2000
| To produce a national action plan designed to promote the safety and welfare of all social care workers; advise the Department on the content of a training initiative, setting of targets, strategies and a programme of development work.
| Interim Report: Initial Report of the National Task Force
on Violence to Social Care Staff - 13 Apr 2000
| Chris Davies (Chair; Director of Social Services)
British Transport Police
Department of Health x2
Health and Safety Executive
Race Equality Unit
Westminster Social Services Department
Central Services, Luton
Community Care Magazine
Manager of Residential Care Home
National Care Homes Association
National Institute of Social Work
National Voice
UK Home Care Association
UNISON
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| Waiting List Action Team
| Nov 1997 | Under review in light of the NHS Plan. No termination date has yet been set.
| To support the NHS Executive Board, and Ministers, in securing effective implementation of national policies for the NHS to improve services for patients in need of urgent and non-urgent elective treatment.
| Getting Patients Treated - Aug 1999
| S Day (Chair; NHS Executive)
Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust
Coventry Health Authority
Department of Health
Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Montagu NHS Trust
Dorset Health Authority
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Health Authority
Hammersmith Hospital NHS Trust
Herefordshire Council
Huddersfield NHS Trust
Lewisham Hospitals NHS Trust
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust
NHS Executive
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust
Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
College of Health
University of Birmingham
GP and Chair of Wokingham PCG
Joint Consultants' Committee
Royal College of Surgeons
National Patients' Access Team x2
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| Total | 24
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