NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE
EXCELLENCE
Medical Technologies Advisory Committee (MTAC)
Minutes of the 49th meeting on 19 March 2015
Level1A City Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester M1 4BT
Committee Present: Professor Bruce Campbell (Chair) Ms Susan Bennett
Professor Nigel Brunskill Mr Matthew Campbell – Hill Professor Daniel Clark Dr Fiona Denison Dr Jerry Hutchinson
Professor Mohammad Ilyas Dr Cynthia Iglesias Dr Greg Irving Dr Eva Kaltenthaler Dr Paul Knox Dr Rory O’Connor Mr Brian Selman
Professor Wendy Tindale Professor Allan Wailoo
Committee Apologies: Dr Peter Groves (Vice Chair) Professor Tony Freemont Mrs Karen Partington Dr Janelle Yorke
Mr Andrew Chukwuemeka Professor Shaheen Hamdy Mr John Wilkinson
Dr Amber Young
MTEP staff in attendance: Mirella Marlow, Programme Director Bernice Dillon, Technical Adviser Chris Pomfrett, Technical Adviser Lee Dobson, Programme Manager Joanne Higgins, Technical Analyst Paul Dimmock, Technical Analyst Neil Hewitt, Technical Analyst Liesl Miller, Technical Analyst
Kimberley Carter, Technical Analyst Harriet Unsworth, Technical Analyst Marlon Hope, Project Manager Joanne Heaney, Coordinator
Jessica Linville-Boud, Project Manager Izabela Syrek, Administrator
External Assessment Centre Representatives:
Dr Grace Caroline-Rees, Director, Cedar Dr Alistair Ray, Health Economist, Cedar
Expert Advisors: Mr Andrew Thorpe, Consultant in Urology, Freeman Hospital, The Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Fondation Trust (in person) Dr Neil Barber, Consultant Urologist, Frimley Park Hospotal, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (by phone)
Professor Nicola Maffuli, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Barts and the London Hospital / Newham University Hospital in London (by phone)
Mr Maneesh Bhatia, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (by phone)
Mr Sajjad Ahmad, Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, The Royal Liverpool and
Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust (by phone)
Ms Joy Tickle, Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist, Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (by phone)
Mr Ray Norris, Tissue Viability Nurse and Medical Practice Consultant, Brentwood Community Hospital, North East London NHS Foundation Trust (by phone)
Professor Venkataraman Subramanian, Clinical Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Gastroenterology, St James University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (by phone)
Dr James East, Consultant Gastroenterologist & Endoscopist, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (by phone)
Observing: Brian O’Toole, Health Economist, Healthcare Improvement
Scotland
Heather Stephens, Technology Implementation Manager, HTAP, NICE
Rachel Adams, Information Specialist, Guidance Information Services, NICE
Jae Long, Assistant Project Manager, HTAP, NICE
Rebecca Albrow, Technical Analyst, Diagnostics Assessment Programme, NICE
Robert Fernley, Project Manager, Diagnostics Assessment Programme, NICE
PART 1 AND PART 2 (open and closed parts of the meeting) 10.00am – Part 1 open session commenced
Welcomed Committee Members, observers and members of public.
Rehearsed Committee Apologies
Farewell to Marlon Hope Project Manager in MTEP taking on Service Delivery Management role for the NICE website and digital applications
Welcome to Liesl Miller new Technical Analyst in MTEP
2. Code of conduct for members of the public attending the meeting
The Chairman explained the code of conduct to the members of the public attending this meeting.
3. Any other business
No other business was offered.
4. Minutes of previous meeting
The Committee agreed the minutes from the 19 February 2015 Committee meeting.
5. NICE’s advisory body guide to declaring a conflict of interest
The Chairman drew the Committee’s attention to NICE’s Advisory Body Quick Guide for declaring conflicts of interest, the selection and routing criteria and the equalities statement.
6. MT241 UroLift System for the treatment of symptoms of urinary outflow obstruction secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia – Draft Guidance
Mr Andrew Thorpe and Mr Neil Barber declared a personal pecuniary non-specific interest for this technology.
The Chair clarified that Prof Thomas McNicholas has a personal pecuniary specific interest in this technology
The Committee was asked if there were any specific equality issues to consider in relation to this technology.
Introduced by Paul Knox, Andrew Thorpe and Neil Barber.
11:45 – Part 2 closed session commenced (members of the public asked to leave the meeting)
The Committee then made draft recommendations on the technology.
12:25 – break 12:30 – Meeting resumed
7. MT262 VACOped for the management of Achilles tendon rupture
The Committee was asked if there were any specific equality issues to consider in relation to this technology.
Introduced by Daniel Clark, Nicola Maffuli and Maneesh Bhatia.
The Committee then considered the technology for selection and routing.
13:05 – Lunch break 13:30 – Meeting resumed
8. MT261 The TearLab osmolarity system for the diagnosis of dry eye disease
No conflicts were declared for this technology.
The Committee was asked if there were any specific equality issues to consider in relation to this technology.
Introduced by Rory O’Connor and Sajjad Ahmad.
The Committee then considered the technology for selection and routing.
13:45 – break 13:50 – Meeting resumed
9. MT263 Granulox for the treatment of chronic wounds
Ms Joy Tickle and Mr Ray Norris declared a personal pecuniary interest for this technology.
The Committee was asked if there were any specific equality issues to consider in relation to this technology.
Introduced by Allan Wailoo, Joy Tickle and Ray Norris.
The Committee then considered the technology for selection and routing.
14:40 – Meeting resumed
10. MT264 The WavSTAT 4 optical biopsy system for the real time histological assessment of colon polyps in vivo
Prof Venkataraman Subramanian declared a non-personal interest for this
technology. Dr James East declared a personal pecuniary and non-personal interest for this technology.
The Committee was asked if there were any specific equality issues to consider in relation to this technology.
Introduced by Brian Selman, Venkataraman Subramanian and James East. The Committee then considered the technology for selection and routing.
11. Date of the next meeting
The next meeting of the Medical Technologies Advisory Committee will be held on 16 April 2015 and will start promptly at 10:00am. The meeting will be held at the NICE Manchester offices, Level 1A City Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester M1 4BT.
