Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances
The Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances (ACBS) is responsible for advising on the prescribing and use of borderline substances in NHS primary care and the community.
Role of the ACBS
The ACBS is responsible for advising on the prescribing and use of borderline substances in NHS primary care and the community.
Borderline substances are nutritional or dermatological products that have been specially formulated to manage medical conditions. Products approved and recommended by the ACBS are listed in Part XV of the Drug Tariff.
The set out the role of the ACBS.
The ACBS has published its .
Stakeholder consultation on oral nutritional supplements
Read the ACBS’s response to changes being proposed to ACBS policy about oral nutritional supplements listed in Part XV of the Drug Tariff.
Membership
- Ms Alison Smith, Chair (Prescribing Support Consultant Dietitian)
- Dr Ian R White (Consultant Dermatologist)
- Dr Andrea Hilton (Pharmacist)
- Dr Emily Walters (Dietitian)
- Mr Stuart Lakin (Pharmacist - Head of Medicines Management)
- Mr Stephen Lewis (Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist)
- Dr Amit Arora (Consultant Physician/Geriatrician)
- Ms Charlotte Ellerton (Specialist Dietetic Practitioner in Metabolics)
- Ms Anne Daly (Paediatric Metabolic Dietitian)
- Ms Ghazala Yousuf (Medicines Optimisation Dietitian)
- Sarah Britton (Medicines Management Dietitian)
- Clare Denning (Dietitian, Lead for Dietetic Prescribing)
Current vacancies
Please email the ACBS Secretariat if you are interested in opportunities to join the committee: acbs@dhsc.gov.uk.
Submit an application for review by the ACBS
See the guidance and forms for submitting applications.
Minutes
We only publish minutes for the previous 6 months. Please contact the ACBS Secretariat if you require the minutes of earlier meetings.
Annual report
The ACBS does not publish an annual report. The Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees sets out the content that should be published in an annual report. These are the committee’s purpose and activities, its membership and members’ interests, and a financial statement. All of this content, with the exception of a financial statement, is recorded in the minutes of its meetings or published on GOV.UK.
The ACBS does not publish a financial statement because there is very little financial activity to report. Members are entitled to claim repayment of expenses, but they are not paid for their services.
ACBS Secretariat address
ACBS Secretariat
Room 2NE007
Department of Health and Social Care
Quarry House
Leeds
LS2 7UE