§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the membership is of the Standing Medical Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement. [127202]
§ Mr. HuttonThe current membership, at 18 July 2003, of the Standing Medical Advisory Committee (SMAC) is:
- Dan Ash*—President, Royal College Radiologists
- Nick Astbury*— President, Royal College of Ophthalmologists
- Susan Benbow—Old Age Psychiatrist (Manchester)
- Carol Black*—President, Royal College of Physicians
- Ian Bogle*—Chairman, Council of the British Medical Association
- Graeme Catto*—Chair, General Medical Council
- John Chisholm GP and Chairman of GMSC (London)
- Alan Craft*—President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- William Dunlop*—President Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Chair of the Joint Consultants Committee
- Sian Griffiths*—President, Faculty of Public Health Medicine
- Bill Gunnyeon*—Dean, Faculty of Occupational Medicine
- David Haslam*—Chairman, Council of the Royal College of GPs
- Peter Hutton*—President Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Brian Jarman—Professor of Primary Care (London)
- Flora Jessop—Specialist registrar histopathology (Cambridge)
- James Johnson*—Chairman, Council of the British Medical Association
- Bruce Keogh—Cardiothoracic Surgeon (Birmingham)
- Tamara Madej—Consultants Anaesthetist (York)
- Peter Morris*—President, Royal College of Surgeons of England
- John Newton—Epidemiology Research (Oxford/Southampton)
- Ken Nischal—Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon/Paediatrics (London)
- Colin Roberts—Medical Microbiologist (Oxford)
- Angela Robinson—Consultant/Honorary Senior Lecturer GU/HIV (London)
- Martin Roland—General Practitioner (Manchester)
- Mike Shooter*—President, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Sunil Sinha—Consultant Paediatrician (Middlesbrough)
- Susan Tuck—Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (London)
- James Underwood*—President, Royal College of Pathologists
- * Denotes ex-officio member.
Information about SMAC can be found on the Department of Health website at http://www.doh. gov.uk/smac/index. htm.