Declarations of interest
Glynis Murphy (Chair)
EmploymentProfessor of Clinical Psychology and Disability, Co-Director of the Tizard Centre, University of Kent
Personal pecuniary interestUntil October 2012, employed (part-time) by the NHS.

Conduct consultancy for NHS police and lawyers, normally contracted for through the University of Kent Enterprise department, and paid for through my University of Kent salary.

Co-editor, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disability.

Member, Care Quality Commission panel.

Member, National Offender Management Service accreditation panel.
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestCo-director, Tizard Centre, in receipt of grants (National Institute for Health Research/charities).

Tizard Centre, training for staff from Learning Disabilities.

Tizard Centre research grant; treatment of sexually abusive behaviour in young people with a learning disability.
Personal non-pecuniary interestConducted own research into challenging behaviour.

Chair, Sexual Offender Treatment South East Collaborative – Intellectual Disability.

Immediate Past President International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Actions takenNone
Steve Pilling (Facilitator)
EmploymentDirector, NCCMH
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestMedical Research Council, research funding looking at psilocybin.

Grant from National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression to look at transcranial direct-current stimulation in treatment of depression.
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
David Allen
EmploymentClinical Director, Positive Response Training and Consultancy and Professor, Tizard Centre, University of Kent.
Personal pecuniary interestPositive Response Training and Consultancy provides training to health and social care staff and families supporting people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. It uses an over-arching positive behaviour support model and provides training in both proactive, preventative strategies and reactive strategies. The physical intervention training component of the latter is accredited by the British Institute of Learning Disabilities.

Editor of International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support.

Collaborator in randomised control trial of Training in Positive Behavioural Support (Hassiotis, 2013).

Joint applicant, Reduction in Anti-psychotic Medication in People with Learning Disability and Challenging Behaviour (Kerr, Felce 2013).
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestHonorary Professor, University of Kent.
Personal non-pecuniary interestMember of various working groups set up as part of Positive and Safe Programme.

Member of Positive and Safe Programme Board.

Member of group that recently produced competence framework for positive behaviour support.
Actions takenNone
Katherine Andrea
EmploymentSenior Project Manager, NCCMH
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
David Branford
EmploymentRetired
Personal pecuniary interestDevelopment of guideline on dysphagia in learning disabilities supported by Rosemont Pharmaceuticals.

Opinion on lisdexamphetamine supported by Pharmacy management.

Opinion on lurasidone supported by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals.
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestPhD on antipsychotic drugs in learning disabilities.

Chairman of the English Pharmacy Board of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Elected member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy.

Editor of Frith prescribing guidelines for adults with learning disabilities (no financial interest).
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Alick Bush
EmploymentLead Psychologist, St Andrews Healthcare
Personal pecuniary interestEmployed 0.6 whole time equivalent by St Andrews Healthcare, a charity that provides inpatient care to adults with learning disabilities and autism. Provides a clinical psychology service to patients in the hospital.
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestPolicy lead, British Psychological Society Faculty of Learning Disabilities – promoted the use of predominantly psychosocial interventions for adults who challenge services, including positive behaviour support.

Until December 2014, Chair of the Learning Disabilities Professional Senate – an alliance of the professional bodies that provide support to people with learning disabilities. Representative of the Professional Senate on the Learning Disability Programme Board. On a range of sub-committees and working groups that are responsible for delivering the Transforming Care action plan following the Winterbourne View review. This includes being a member of the Expert Advisory Group on the promotion of positive behaviour support.

Co-editor of ‘Challenging Behaviour: a unified approach’ (London: Royal College of Psychiatrists, British Psychological Society and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists; March 2007).

Acted as a special advisor on a Care Quality Commission inspection.
Actions takenNone
Carole Buckley
EmploymentGeneral Practitioner, The Old School Surgery.
Personal pecuniary interestNon-executive Director GP Care (UK) Ltd: Private provider of NHS services to patients.

Chair, St Mathias holdings Ltd: Practice based pharmacy offering services to residential care homes.
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestMember, Royal College of General Practitioners intellectual disability professional network.

Clinical Champion for Autism by the Royal College of General Practitioners.

Joint recipient of a grant from Bristol University to implement focus groups for service users and carers in order to inform GP practice.

Grant from the Academic Health Science Network South West to hold a conference in Taunton 19/11/14 for commissioners and providers of autism services.
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Vivien Cooper
EmploymentCarer representative/Chief Executive Officer, The Challenging Behaviour Foundation.
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestMember, Transforming Care Assurance Board (formerly Winterbourne View Joint Improvement Board).

Member, Engagement Steering Group for Joint Improvement team (from June 2014 formerly Chair).

Respond Steering Group for support for Winterbourne View families.

Department of Health Advocacy Group.

Department of Heath Medication Collaborative Group, Steering Group.

Care Quality Commission Learning Disability Advisory Group.

Hassiotis University College London Positive Behaviour Support Research Group.

Tizard E-Pats Fellowship Steering Group.

Chair, Challenging Behaviour National Strategy Group.

Member, Council for Disabled Children Restrictive Physical Intervention Steering Group.

Member, Department of Health Winterbourne View Capital Funding Panel.

Member, Learning Disabilities Professional Senate.

Member, School for Social Care Research User Carer Practitioner Reference Group.

Member, Learning Disabilities Voluntary and Community Sectors Steering Group (July – November 2014).

Member, Children and Young People Collaborative Steering Group.
Actions takenNone
Jo Dwyer
EmploymentClinical Specialist Occupational Therapist, Lewisham Team for Adults With Learning Disabilities, Guys and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
David Glynn
EmploymentHealth Economist, NCCMH (September 2014 onwards)
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Bronwyn Harrison
EmploymentSystematic Reviewer, NCCMH
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Angela Hassiotis
EmploymentProfessor, University College London

Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Camden & Islington Foundation Trust
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestCurrent National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment grant on the evaluation of positive behaviour support.

Honoraria received by Novartis for consultancy on treatments for Fragile X syndrome.

Other research funding (National Institute for Health Research – Research for Patient Benefit).

Associate Editor, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities.

Editorial Board of Advances in Mental Health Intellectual Disabilities.

Treasurer, Faculty of the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disabilities.

Honoraria for lectures.

Conducting a study looking at music therapy and people with a learning disability. Co-applicant on a National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment funded study, evaluating music therapy for children with autism.
Personal non-pecuniary interestPublished on challenging behaviour for some years following research carried out under own supervision.
Actions takenNone
Phil Howell
EmploymentPhysical Intervention Accreditation Scheme Manager and positive behaviour support Consultant, British Institute of Learning Disabilities.
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Simon Jones
EmploymentHead of Behavioural Support, Care UK
Personal pecuniary interestPositive Range of Options to Avoid Crisis and use Therapy, Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention (PROACT-SCIPr-UK) trainer, which is a British Institute of Learning Disabilities accredited physical intervention methodology.
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Elena Marcus
EmploymentResearch Assistant, NCCMH (August 2014 onwards)
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Ifigeneia Mavranezouli
EmploymentSenior Health Economist, NCCMH
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Richard Mills
Personal pecuniary interestResearch Director at Research Autism.

AT-Autism (Autism Training Ltd) – Associate.

London Borough of Redbridge – training in clinical interviewing techniques for Approved Mental Health Professionals when working with individuals with Asperger's syndrome and autism in conjunction with AT-Autism.

Laskaridou Foundation Athens, Greece – Mentor/teacher programme for children with autism and challenging behaviour in conjunction with AT-Autism.

Associate, the Tizard Centre, University of Kent at Canterbury – Curriculum development Social Work Training.
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestJoint recipient of a grant from Bristol University to implement focus groups for service users and carers in order to inform GP practice.
Staff training Jersey Employment Trust through Research Autism.
Personal non-pecuniary interestFellow, Royal Society of Medicine.

Member, International Society for Autism Research,

Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology, University of Bath.

Senior Research Fellow, Bond University, Queensland, Australia.

Member, Northern Ireland Advisory Committee on Autism Research.
Actions takenNone
David Newton
EmploymentTeam Manager, Adult Safeguarding Quality Assurance Team, Adult Social Care Directorate, Nottingham City Council.
Personal pecuniary interestEmployed by a local authority; involves liaison with local authority and local clinical commissioning group contracts and commissioning groups and quality assurance. Some incidental input into local authority core contract and service specification content.
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Steve Noone
EmploymentConsultant Clinical Psychologist, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Foundation NHS Trust.
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Cheryl Palmer
EmploymentResearch Assistant, NCCMH.
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Phil Perkins
EmploymentSenior Community Learning Disability Nurse for Children and Young People, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Victoria Slonims
EmploymentSenior Consultant Speech and Language Therapist; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Personal pecuniary interestAutism Diagnostic Observation Schedule trainer.
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Clare Taylor
EmploymentSenior Editor, NCCMH.
Personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Craig Whittington
EmploymentAssociate Director Associate Director (Clinical Effectiveness)/Senior Systematic Reviewer, NCCMH (September 2014 onwards).
Personal pecuniary interestMember of the scientific steering committee for a US company Doctor Evidence Llc. Doctor Evidence is,a specialty software platform and services company with clients from across the healthcare ecosystem. The role includes a share option (3 year vesting) and a meeting stipend.
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone
Keith Wyncoll
EmploymentCarer representative
Personal pecuniary interestOccasional trainer, The Challenging Behaviour Foundation.

Lay member, NHS England Patient and Public Voice Assurance Group – Specialised Commissioning.
Personal family interestNone
Non-personal pecuniary interestNone
Personal non-pecuniary interestNone
Actions takenNone

From: Appendix B, Declarations of interests by Guideline Development Group members

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Challenging Behaviour and Learning Disabilities: Prevention and Interventions for People with Learning Disabilities Whose Behaviour Challenges.
NICE Guideline, No. 11.
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (UK).
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