The Appraisal Panel considers the Health Technology Wales appraisal evidence within the context of NHS Wales, and produces the Health Technology Wales guidance. The panel also helps us to identify important topics, evaluates the uptake of guidance and facilitates stakeholder engagement. Current members are listed below. This meeting is open for members of the public to observe.

Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Appraisal Panel Chair
Professor Peter Groves
Peter is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the University Hospital of Wales. He is also Chair of the MHRA Devices Expert Advisory Committee and the NICE Medical Technologies Advisory Committee, and has a great interest in the regulation and health technology assessment of innovative medical devices in the context of the UK NHS. Peter is committed to teaching and research, and has published widely on the scientific basis for medical technology development and utilisation.

Fran Beadle
NHS Wales Informatics Service
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Dr Paul Buss
Medical Director, Consultant Paediatrician, Aneurin Bevan UHB
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Dr Tom Crosby
Consultant Oncologist, Velindre Cancer Centre
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Ifan Evans
Director of Technology & Transformation, Welsh Government
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Catherine Evans O'Brien
Public Partner
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Professor Chris Fegan
Consultant Haematologist, Cardiff & Vale UHB
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Professor Arpan Guha
Betsi Cadwaladr UHB
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Dr Sally Lewis
General Practitioner, Aneurin Bevan UHB
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Sian Lewis
Managing Director, Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee
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Alan Meudell
Public Partner
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Dr Stephen Monaghan
Public Health Wales
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Dr Susan Myles
Director, Health Technology Wales
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Dr Wyn Parry
Medical Director, Powys Teaching Health Board
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Karen Samuels
Head of Patient Access to Medicines Service, All Wales Therapeutics & Toxicology Centre
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Dr Jared Torkington
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Cardiff & Vale UHB
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Luella Trickett
Director, Association of British HealthTech Industries
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Dr Lisa Trigg
Assistant Director, Research, Data and Intelligence, Social Care Wales
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Gwyn Tudor
CEO, MediWales
Biography >The Appraisal Panel includes senior representatives from every health board in Wales, alongside other key stakeholders. To learn more about the purpose of the group, see the Health Technology Wales Appraisal Panel Terms of Reference.