An Expert Reference Group has been formed to guide the development and implementation of the NHS DPP.

Membership

• Professor Jonathan Valabhji (Chair), National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes, NHS England; Consultant Diabetologist
• Simon O’Neill, Director of Health Intelligence and Professional Liaison, Diabetes UK
• Professor Nick Wareham, Chair of Guideline Development Group for NICE PH38; Co-Director, Institute of Metabolic Science and Director, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge; Honorary Consultant Diabetologist
• Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Chair of Guideline Development Group for NICE PH35; Professor of Primary
  Care Diabetes & Vascular Medicine, General Practitioner, University of Leicester
• Dr Bob Young, Clinical Lead of the National Diabetes Audit
• Professor Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
• Dr Anne Mackie, UK National Screening Committee Screening Programmes Director
• Dr Jenifer Smith, Lead Public Health Director – NHS Diabetes Programme, Public Health England
• Dr Chirag Bakhai, GP, Clinical Commissioner, Clinical Advisor / Primary Care Advisor to NHS Diabetes Programme.