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Respiratory Tract Infections - Antibiotic Prescribing: Prescribing of Antibiotics for Self-Limiting Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults and Children in Primary Care. London: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE); 2008 Jul. (NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 69.)

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Respiratory Tract Infections - Antibiotic Prescribing: Prescribing of Antibiotics for Self-Limiting Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults and Children in Primary Care.

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5Contributors

5.1. The Guideline Development Group

The GDG was composed of relevant healthcare professionals, patient representatives and NICE technical staff.

The members of the GDG are listed below.

Paul Little – Professor of Primary Care Research and General Practitioner (GDG Chair)

Nicky Coote – Consultant Paediatrician

Anne Joshua – Associate Director of Pharmacy, NHS Direct

Cliodna McNulty – Consultant Microbiologist

Cheryl Salmon – Patient/carer Representative

Mike Sharland – Consultant Paediatrician

Genine Riley – Senior Pharmaceutical Adviser

Matthew Thompson – General Practitioner and Clinical Lecturer in Primary Health Care

Mark Woodhead – Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

The following individual was not a full member of the GDG but was co-opted onto the group as an expert adviser:

Matt Griffiths – Professor of Prescribing and Medicines Management

5.1.1. The Short Clinical Guidelines Technical Team

The Short Clinical Guidelines Technical Team was responsible for this guideline throughout its development. It was responsible for preparing information for the GDG, for drafting the guideline and for responding to consultation comments. The following people, who are employees of NICE, made up the technical team working on this guideline.

Dr Tim Stokes – Guideline Lead and Associate Director

Emma Banks – Coordinator

Janette Boynton – Senior Information Specialist

Nicole Elliott –Commissioning Manager

Michael Heath – Project Manager

Ruth McAllister – Analyst, Health Economics

Francis Ruiz – Technical Adviser in Health Economics

Toni Tan – Technical Analyst

5.1.2. Guideline review panel

Robert Walker – General Practitioner, Workington (Chair)

Ailsa Donnelly – Lay member

Mark Hill – Head of Medical Affairs, Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd

John Harley – Clinical Governance and Prescribing Lead and General Practitioner, North Tees Primary Care Trust

5.1.3. List of stakeholders

  • Abbott Laboratories Ltd
  • ARHAI
  • Association of Medical Microbiologists
  • Association of the British Pharmaceuticals Industry (ABPI)
  • AstraZeneca UK Ltd
  • Barnsley PCT
  • Barts & the London NHS Trust
  • Bayer PLC
  • Bedfordshire PCT
  • Bio-Stat Diagnostic Systems
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd
  • Bolton Council
  • Bournemouth and Poole PCT
  • BRAHMS AG
  • British Geriatrics Society
  • British In Vitro Diagnostics Association
  • British Infection Society
  • British National Formulary (BNF)
  • British Paediatric Respiratory Society
  • British Paramedic Association
  • British Rhinological Society
  • British Association for Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology
  • British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • British Society of Otology (ENT UK)
  • British Thoracic Society
  • Calderdale PCT
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • CASPE
  • Cephalon
  • Cheshire PCT
  • Commission for Social Care Inspection
  • Connecting for Health
  • Cornwall & IoS PCT
  • Daiichi Sankyo UK
  • Department of Health
  • Der Norske Veritas – NHSLA Schemes
  • Derbyshire County PCT
  • Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust
  • General Practice Airways Group
  • Genzyme Diagnostics
  • Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust
  • Health Commission Wales
  • Health Protection Scotland
  • Healthcare Commission
  • Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Hill-Rom
  • Institute of Biomedical Science
  • Kirklees PCT
  • Launch Diagnostics
  • Leeds PCT
  • Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • NCCHTA
  • NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries Service
  • Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
  • Menarini Diagnostics
  • Milton Keynes PCT
  • MRSA Action UK
  • National Patient Safety Agency
  • National Pharmacy Association
  • National Public Health Service - Wales
  • NHS Direct
  • NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre
  • NHS Plus
  • NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
  • North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
  • North Tees PCT
  • North Yorkshire and York PCT
  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • PAGB
  • PERIGON Healthcare Ltd
  • Powys Local Health Board
  • Primary Care Pharmacists Association
  • Q-Med UK Ltd
  • Respironics UK
  • Roche Diagnostics Ltd
  • Rotherham PCT
  • Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust
  • Royal College of General Practitioners
  • Royal college of Midwives
  • Royal College of Nursing
  • Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • Royal College of Pathologists
  • Royal College of Physicians of London
  • Royal College of Radiologists
  • Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen NHS Trust
  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
  • Royal Society of Medicine
  • Salford PCT
  • Sandwell PCT
  • Sanofi-Aventis
  • Schering-Plough Ltd
  • Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
  • Sedgefield PCT
  • Sefton PCT
  • Sheffield PCT
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
  • Solihull PCT
  • South Staffordshire PCT
  • Specialist Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance (SACAR)
  • St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Trafford PCT
  • University Hospital of South Manchester
  • University of Wales, Bangor
  • Warrington PCT
  • Welsh Assembly Government
  • Welsh Scientific Advisory Committee
  • West & East & North Hertfordshire PCTs
  • West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
  • Whipps Cross Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Wiltshire PCT
  • Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
  • Yorkshire Ambulance Service

5.2. Declarations

5.2.1. Authorship and citation

Authorship of this full guideline document is attributed to the NICE Short Clinical Guidelines Technical Team and members of the GDG under group authorship.

The guideline should be cited as: NICE Short Clinical Guidelines Technical Team (2008). Respiratory tract infections – antibiotic prescribing. Prescribing of antibiotics for self-limiting respiratory tract infections in adults and children in primary care. London: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

5.2.2. Declarations of interest

A full list of all declarations of interest made by this GDG is available on the NICE website (www.nice.org.uk).

Copyright © 2008, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

All rights reserved. This material may be freely reproduced for educational and not-for-profit purposes. No reproduction by or for commercial organisations, or for commercial purposes, is allowed without the express written permission of the Institute.

Bookshelf ID: NBK53633

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