SPINAL TASKFORCE MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANISATION REPRESENTATION

• John Carvell – Emeritus Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon and Taskforce Chair, British Orthopaedic Association
• Alistair Stirling – Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham, Lead Clinician NICE CG75 Metastatic
  Spinal Cord Compression, Foundation Tutor Spinal Surgery Royal College of Surgeons
• Charles Greenough – Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, Society for Back Pain Research
• Ashley Cole – Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, Orthopaedic Expert Working Group
• Tim Pigott – Consultant Neurosurgeon, British Association of Spine Surgeons and Society of British Neurological Surgeons
• Tim Germon – Consultant Neurosurgeon, British Association of Spine Surgeons
• Mike Millen – Senior Commissioning Manager, London Specialised Commissioning Group
• Piers Young – NHS IMAS Intensive Support Team
• Jeremy Fairbank – Professor of Spinal Surgery, Oxford University; Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon; Former
  President British Scoliosis Society; Chairman UK Spinal Societies Board.
• Nigel Henderson - Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, British Orthopaedic Association
• Joan Hester - Consultant in Pain Medicine, The British Pain Society
• Penny Venables – former CEO of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and now CEO of Worcestershire
  Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
• Geoff Hide – Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, British Society of Skeletal Radiologists
• Sheila Dixon – Department of Health statistician
• Augustine Pereira - Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Norfolk and Waveney
• Elaine Buchanan - Consultant Physiotherapist, Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust
• Mathew Shaw – Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon and Clinical Director, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
  NHS Trust
• Steve Washbourne – Acting Director, West Midlands Specialised Commissioning
• Louise Jackson – Data Analyst, West Midlands Strategic Health Authority
• Rachel Yates – Chief Officer Specialist Orthopaedic Alliance and Member Specialised Orthopaedic Clinical Reference Group
• The Taskforce acknowledges the contribution by Dr Richard Smith Consultant Rheumatologist Salisbury NHS
  Foundation Trust