DHSC public appointments: 2025 to 2026

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 Care’s departmental board

For further information on public appointments, contact appointments.team@dhsc.gov.uk.