Department Of Health
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Information about appointments made between January and September 2024 is available on the public appointments announcements page.
See DHSC non-executive appointments for appointments made between 2013 and 2023.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care appoints the chairs and other non-executive members of the following bodies:
- Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards (chair and medical director only)
- Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (chair only)
- British Pharmacopoeia Commission
- Care Quality Commission (including Healthwatch England chair)
- Commission on Human Medicines
- Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
- Food Standards Agency
- Health Research Authority
- Health Services Safety Investigations Body
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
- Human Tissue Authority
- Independent Reconfiguration Panel
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- NHS Blood and Transplant
- NHS Business Services Authority
- NHS Counter Fraud Authority
- NHS England
- NHS Pay Review Body (chair is appointed by the Prime Minister)
- NHS Pensions Board (chair only)
- NHS Resolution
- Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (chair only)
- Review Body on Doctors and Dentists Remuneration (chair is appointed by the Prime Minister)
- UK Health Security Agency
The Secretary of State is also responsible for appointing:
- the National Data Guardian
- the Patient Safety Commissioner
- non-executive members of the Department of Health and Social Cares departmental board
For further information on public appointments, contact appointments.team@dhsc.gov.uk.