Strategic Health Authorities
An NHS Exemplar
project with
the NHS Institute


Project duration
November 2007 - April 2009
NHS
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DOAS
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Urology Informed Decision Making Project: Steering Group

The Urology IDM Steering Group was established to undertake the following responsibilities:
  • Agree terms of reference for the project
  • Oversee development and implementation of project plan
  • Ensure appropriate advice is identified and secured
  • Ensure appropriate patient, clinician and local management involvement is in place in each site
  • Ensure agreed methodologies are applied across sites
  • Ensure knowledge management and cross site learning takes place
MEMBERSHIP OF UROLOGY IDM STEERING GROUP
  • Mary Archer - Project Chairman - Addenbrookes
  • Paul Anderson - previous Senior Lecturer - Cardiff
  • Janet Askham - Professor, Director of Research - Picker Institute Europe
  • Mike Barry - Professor - Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
  • Chris Booth- Consultant Urologist - Essex
  • Judy Cecil - BPH Specialist Nurse - NE Essex PCT
  • Angela Coulter - Chief Executive - Picker Institute Europe
  • Howard Cohen - General Practitioner - Warlingham Surrey
  • Tim Elliott - Cancer Screening & Male cancers, DH
  • Mark Emberton - Consultant Urologist - UCH
  • Mike Flannigan - Consultant Urologist - Bradford Royal Infirmary
  • Louisa Fleure (wef August 2007) - Specialist Nurse - The Prostate Cancer Charity
  • Janette Garden - BPH Specialist Nurse - Heatherwood Wexham Park Trust
  • Jane Gosling - Nurse Consultant, Urology - Plymouth Hospitals Trust
  • Sam Hudson (wef Nov 2007 mtg) - Lead Associate - PPI - NHS Institute for Innovation & Improvement
  • Dr JA Muir Gray - Director of Clinical Knowledge, Process & Safety - DH
  • Nikki Joule (wef Nov 2006 mtg) - Member - Patients Information Forum
  • Omer Karim - Consultant Urologist - Wexham Park Hospital
  • Howard Kynaston - Professor - University Hospital of Wales
  • Mike Lockett - Patient representative - Buxton, Derbyshire
  • Linda Martin - Urology Nurse Specialist - Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
  • John McLoughlin - Project Clinical Lead - West Anglia Cancer Network West Suffolk Hospital
  • Angela Melder - Senior Researcher - National Collaborating Centre for Cancer
  • Al Mulley - Professor - Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
  • Paul Miller - Consultant Urologist - Surrey & Sussex Healthcare Trust BAUS representative
  • James N'Dow - Professor - University of Aberdeen
  • David Neal - Chairman - DH Prostate Cancer Advisory Group
                            Professor - Addenbrookes
  • Annette O'Connor - Professor - Cochrane Centre & University of Ottawa
  • Chris Parker - Senior Lecturer - Royal Marsden (Surrey)
  • John Parry - Consultant Urologist - Ipswich Hospital Trust
  • Rajiv Puri - Chairman - W Yorks Cancer Network
  • Adrian Reyes Hughes (to Sept 07) - Clinical Director - NHS Online
  • Tania Ross (to August 2007) - Lead Nurse - The Prostate Cancer Charity
  • Graeme Urwin - Consultant Urologist - York NHS Trust
  • Roy Williams - Patient representative - Essex
  • Aideen Tarpey (from Sept 07) - For Adrian Reyes-Hughes - NHS Direct
  • Jo Finn - Project Manager - Addenbrookes
Meeting dates for this group are:
12 June 2008
4 September 2008
6 November 2008