Professor David G I ScottRetired Consultant Rheumatologist, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital since 1988; Hon.Professor to University of East Anglia; Clinical Director of Norfolk & Suffolk Comprehensive Local Research Network; RCP Patient Involvement Officer; Past Chief Medical Advisor to NRAS; Medical Adviser to Raynaud’s & Scleroderma Assoc; long-standing interest in systemic vasculitis with over 250 reviews/editorials/papers; other research interests: epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis (Norfolk Arthritis Register), clinical, health, economic and psychosocial aspects and their relevance to the introduction of biologic therapy