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1 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 Page 1 of 5

2 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 1. Introduction to the meeting The Chairman: Page 2 of 5

3 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 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 No conflicts were declared for this technology. Page 3 of 5

4 Introduced by Daniel Clark, Nicola Maffuli and Maneesh Bhatia. 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. Introduced by Rory O Connor and Sajjad Ahmad. 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. Introduced by Allan Wailoo, Joy Tickle and Ray Norris. 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. Introduced by Brian Selman, Venkataraman Subramanian and James East. Page 4 of 5

5 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. Page 5 of 5