NJR Steering Committee

The NJR Steering Committee is an advisory non-departmental public body responsible for the work and progress of the NJR.

Pending the appointment of a new chairman following the resignation of Bill Darling in October 2009, the committee is currently chaired in an acting capacity by vice chairman Professor Paul Gregg. Professor Gregg is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and former President of the British Orthopaedic Association.

Responsibilities

The committee’s responsibilities include:

• setting the NJR’s work programme and monitoring its progress
• providing advice to Ministers, orthopaedic units, hospitals and implant suppliers where the information shows concerns about the performance of certain prostheses
• setting the cost of the levy, based on the contractual costs of running the Registry and the work programme agreed
• providing an annual report to Ministers on the performance of the NJR and, following Ministerial agreement, to make publicly available
• establishing and monitoring codes of conduct for the contractor dealing with orthopaedic units within NHS trusts and independent healthcare providers, as well as the orthopaedic implant industry
• facilitating, where appropriate, the use of the NJR data for research purposes.

Members and representatives

The Steering Committee oversees the NJR’s activities and is made up of members and representatives from a range of stakeholder groups. Members of the Committee as at 27 January 2010 are:

Name	Representing	Membership expiry date
Prof. Paul Gregg	Vice Chairman (Acting Chairman)	29/01/2010
	Orthopaedic surgical profession	30/09/2012 (re-appointed October 2009)
Mr Martyn Porter	Orthopaedic surgical profession	31/12/2010
Mr Keith Tucker	Orthopaedic surgical profession	30/04/2010
Mr Mick Borroff	Industry (Orthopaedic Implant Suppliers) member	30/09/2010
Mr Dean Sleigh	Industry (Orthopaedic Implant Suppliers) member	31/01/2012
Prof. Alex Macgregor	Public health and epidemiology	30/09/2012 (re-appointed October 2009)
Ms Carolyn Naisby	Practitioner with special interest in orthopaedics	30/06/2010
Mr Andrew Woodhead	NHS trust management	04/01/2013 (re-appointed January 2010)
Ms Patricia Lee	Independent healthcare sector member	19/04/2010
Ms Mary Cowern	Patient representative	30/09/2010

Representatives from:

• The NHS supply chain
• The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• The Department of Health
• The Welsh Assembly Government
• Northgate Information Solutions (contractor)
• The NJR Regional Clinical Coordinators team.