5 March 2020 - The UK government’s preferred candidate to chair NICE – Sharmila Nebhrajani OBE – is due to be quizzed at a Health and Social Care Committee hearing next week over her suitability for the role.

After the pre-appointment hearing, Health Secretary Matt Hancock will then decide whether to go ahead with her appointment as NICE’s third permanent chair, replacing Sir David Haslam who held the role from 2013 to 2019.

Since January, NICE’s vice chair Tim Irish has been standing in as interim chair at NICE while a permanent replacement for Sir David is sought.

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