Professor Namita Kumar is a postgraduate dean, consultant physician and rheumatologist.

Dr Iain Lawrie is a consultant in palliative medicine at the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and associate hospital dean for communication skills training at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust. He is also an honorary clinical senior lecturer at the University of Manchester.

Dr Toby Hillman is a consultant in respiratory and general (internal) medicine at University College London.

Dr Pippa Medcalf is a consultant physician in acute medicine at Gloucester Royal Hospital.

Professor John Britton is a professor of epidemiology.

Dr Sanjay Agrawal is a consultant in respiratory and critical care medicine at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

Sir Ian Gilmore is a professor of hepatology, director of the Liverpool Centre for Alcohol Research, and chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance.

Carol Brayne CBE is a professor of Public Health Medicine and Director of the Cambridge Institute of Public Health in the University of Cambridge.