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