16 March 2020 - Sharmila Nebhrajani has been confirmed as the new chair of NICE after a pre-appointment hearing by the government’s Health and Social Care Committee.

At the meeting, Nebhrajani said the key challenges facing NICE include a hefty workload in the development of guidelines and technical documents, escalating health prices especially for rare disorders, and a change in both the chair and chief executive roles “after an extended period of leadership stability.”

There is a need for priorities to be set so that urgent guidance can be updated quickly, and the guidelines prepared for the NHS are “relevant and useful”, she told MPs.

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