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<div class="govspeak"><h2 id="role-of-the-committee">Role of the committee</h2>

<p>The Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee’s (<abbr title="Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee">HMAC</abbr>) terms of reference are to give advice on safety, quality and efficacy in relation to human use, of:</p>

<ul>
  <li>
    <p>a) herbal medicinal products eligible for registration under the simplified traditional use registration procedure set out in Part 7 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012</p>
  </li>
  <li>
    <p>b) unlicensed herbal medicinal products (unless it is subject to an application for a marketing authorisation, product licence or a homeopathic certificate of registration)</p>
  </li>
</ul>

<p>The role of the committee will concern primarily issues relating to safety and quality, since there is not a requirement for efficacy to be separately demonstrated in relation to registered traditional herbal medicines or unlicensed products.</p>

<p>However, efficacy is still relevant - under the traditional herbal registration scheme, the pharmacological effects or efficacy of the medicinal product must be plausible on the basis of longstanding use and experience.</p>

<h2 id="the-code-of-practice">The code of practice</h2>

<p>Code of practice on conflicts of interest applies to chairs, members, co-opted members and invited and patient experts of all our scientific advisory committees.  See <a rel="external" href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1103036/2022.09.07_The_Code.pdf">Code of practice</a>.</p>

<p>The principles in the code also apply to observers and invited experts who are asked to contribute written advice and do not attend committee meetings.</p>

<ul>
  <li><a rel="external" href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65785080254aaa0010050b0d/Chairs_and_Members_Declaration_of_Interests_Form.docx">Chairs and members declaration of interests form</a></li>
  <li><a rel="external" href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6578508c0467eb001355f5cb/Participant_-_Declaration_of_Interest_form_and_Confidentiality_Agreement.docx">Participant – declaration of interests form</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id="current-vacancies">Current vacancies</h2>

<p>There are currently no vacancies.</p>

<h2 id="members">Members</h2>

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col"><b>Post<b></b></b></th>
      <th scope="col"><b>Name<b></b></b></th>
      <th scope="col"><b>Affiliations<b></b></b></th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Chair</td>
      <td>
<strong>Professor Raymond J Playford</strong> MB BS PhD FRCP FAcadMedSci</td>
      <td>Professor of Molecular Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of West London, Visiting Consultant St Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Member</td>
      <td>
<strong>Dr Raghav Baliga</strong> BMAS MSc MRes</td>
      <td>Director and Ayurveda Consultant, Baliga Ayurveda, London</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Lay Member</td>
      <td>
<strong>Miss Louisa Jane Blakeway</strong> MBRCP BA</td>
      <td>Health Care Practitioner for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucestershire Recovery in Psychosis Team, Self Employed Business Owner of Wholistic Therapies – Complementary Therapy Practice Allergy Therapy and Nutritional Balancing Dip and Reflexology Dip</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Member</td>
      <td>
<strong>Dr Anthony Booker</strong> MSc, PhD, MRSC, FLS</td>
      <td>Reader in Ethnopharmacology, University of Westminster, Honorary Lecturer UCL School of Pharmacy Associate Editor, Frontiers in Ethnopharmacology, Fellow of The Linnean Society</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Member</td>
      <td>
<strong>Dr Sarah Bull</strong> Bsc (Hons), PhD, ERT, MRSC</td>
      <td>Independent toxicologist, TARA consulting</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Member</td>
      <td>
<strong>Dr James Coulson</strong> BSc (Hons), MB BCh (Hons), LLM, MD, MFPH, MRSB, FRCP, FRCPE</td>
      <td>Clinical Reader in Clinical Pharmacology, Therapeutics &amp; Toxicology, Cardiff University. Honorary Professor of Clinical Pharmacology &amp; Toxicology, Cardiff Metropolitan University. (Visiting) Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of South Wales. Honorary Consultant Physician, Clinical Pharmacologist &amp; Toxicologist, Cardiff &amp; Vale University Health Board. Interim Clinical Director of the All Wales Therapeutics &amp; Toxicology Centre</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Member</td>
      <td>
<strong>Professor Christopher Goldring</strong> BSc PhD</td>
      <td>Chair of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Member</td>
      <td>
<strong>Ms Ellie Holly</strong> BSc (Hons) Herbal Medicine; MCPP</td>
      <td>Practising Medical Herbalist working in North London; Nutrition Tutor at the City Lit in Holborn</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Member</td>
      <td>
<strong>Dr Elizabeth Renji</strong> MBBS, MD, PGHAN-CCT, FRCPCH</td>
      <td>Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, NHS FT, Liverpool</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Member</td>
      <td>
<strong>Dr Edward Thompson</strong> MB ChB, MA, MSc Med Ed, MRCGP, FHEA, FF. Hom, FURHP, Dip. BSLM</td>
      <td>GP Partner Sedbergh Medical Practice, Integrative Medicine, Lead Educator (GP North West Deanery), Clinical Tutor Lancaster Medical School</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Member</td>
      <td>
<strong>Professor Colin W Wright</strong> BPharm MSc PhD FRPharmS</td>
      <td>Professor of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of Bradford</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="summary-minutes">Summary minutes</h2>

<p>See the <a rel="external" href="https://app.box.com/s/0391jobojbe3i23ltqsxscbxzme6ay1x">final summary minutes for <abbr title="Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee">HMAC</abbr></a> from 2014, which you can download.</p>

<p>For previous minutes, see the <a rel="external" href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141008013752/http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Committees/Medicinesadvisorybodies/HerbalMedicinesAdvisoryCommittee/Minutes/index.htm"><abbr title="Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee">HMAC</abbr> page on the archived MHRA website</a></p>

<h2 id="annual-report">Annual report</h2>

<p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-of-the-abrhp-and-the-hmac"><abbr title="Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee">HMAC</abbr> annual report</a></p>

<p>As of 2022, we no longer produce annual reports. Please refer to the meeting minutes for more information on the items discussed. We publish <abbr title="Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee">HMAC</abbr> members’ declaration of interests annually.</p>

<h2 id="contact-the-expert-committee-support-team">Contact the expert committee support team</h2>

<p>Telephone: 020 3080 6000
Email: <a href="mailto:info@mhra.gov.uk">info@mhra.gov.uk</a></p>

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