DTB Editorial

About DTB | Editorial | How DTB is written | How DTB makes a difference DTB STAFF Editor Ike Iheanacho BSc, MB BS Deputy Editor Jenny Blythe MBChB Associate Editors Helen Barnett BPharm, MSc, LicAc, MBAcA Paul McManus BSc, DipClinPharm, MRPharmS Jacoby Patterson MA Cantab, MB BChir, MFPH, MD Andrea Tarr BPharm, MSc, MRPharmS Business Manager Donna Walton BA, MPhil, DipM, ACIM Editorial Assistant Michael Allen BSc ADVISORY COUNCIL The Advisory Council members are senior advisors to the Editor of DTB and act as public advocates for DTB. As former or current members of the Editorial Board, they have an in-depth knowledge and experience of DTB policy and processes. Martin Duerden B Med Sci, MRCGP, Dip Ther, DPH Conway Local Health Board and Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University Wing May Kong PhD, MRCP Imperial College & Central Middlesex Hospital, London Prof. Hywel C. Williams BSc, MSc, FRCP, PhD University Hospital, Nottingham EDITORIAL BOARD The Editorial Board alerts and updates DTB about developments in specific areas of practice, help select topics for articles, help steer articles through the editorial process, act as advocates for DTB and help advise on policy where appropriate. Members of the Editorial Board are all practising clinicians. Ian Anderson MB BS, MD, MRCP, FRCPsych University of Manchester & Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust Peter Burrill B Pharm, Dip Pres Sci, MRPharmS, FFPMM, MCPP Derbyshire County PCT Paul Caldwell MB BS, MRCGP Goole Health Centre Ernest H.S. Choy MD, MRCP GKT School of Medicine, King's College London Jo Congleton MA, MD, MRCP Worthing General Hospital Joanna Girling MA, MB BS, MRCP, FRCOG West Middlesex University Hospital, London Aroon Hingorani MA, PhD, FRCP University College London Tony Marson MB ChB, MD, FRCP University of Liverpool and the Walton Centre Mahdad Noursadeghi MB BS, MRCP, PhD University College London George Rylance MB FRCPCH Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne Julia K. Schofield FRCP, MRCGP West Hertfordshire NHS Hospitals Trust COMMENTATORS Articles in DTB aim to present a view that incorporates contributions from many people, including both specialists and non-specialists, and organisations. Typically DTB articles are circulated to over 40 individuals and organisations for comment. The draft is then circulated, unsigned, to a range of commentators, including: around 15 independent experts, and any identified from published work or other sources general practitioners pharmacists, including community pharmacists and pharmaceutical advisors nurses, and other healthcare professionals representatives from the medical departments of each company whose drugs have been mentioned in-house DTB editors, DTB Editorial Board and Advisory Council the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) British National Formulary (BNF) relevant consumer and patient groups lawyer If you would like to be considered as a commentator, please send your full contact details and areas of interest to dtbeditor{at}bmjgroup.com About DTB - Privacy policy - Terms and conditions relating to subscriptions purchased online - Web site terms and conditions - Feedback © 2008 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.