DHSC public appointments: 2024 to 2025

Added details of the extended appointment of a non-executive director of NHS England.

Added the naming of Sir Mike Richards as the government’s preferred candidate for chair of the Care Quality Commission; added the appointment of Professor Claire Stewart as commissioner, and the re-appointment of Professors Amanda Adler, Steve Cunningham and Yvonne Perrie as commissioners, for the Commission on Human Medicines; added the appointment of Neelam Patel as interim chair, Mark Buswell, Professor Alastair Denniston and Marian Knight as non-executive directors, and the extension of Professor Andrew George's non-executive director role, for the Health Research Authority; and added the appointment of Professor John Wildman as chair of the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation.

Updated to announce that Penny Dash has been named as the government’s preferred candidate for the next chair of NHS England.

Added details of the appointment of Baroness Camilla Cavendish, Naomi Eisenstadt and Phil Jordan as non-executive members of the DHSC Departmental Board.

Added appointment of non-executive director of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority.

Added details of the extended appointment of the chair and re-appointment of 3 non-executive directors of the UK Health Security Agency.

Added details of the appointments of the chair and of a non-executive director of NHS Resolution.

Added details of the appointment of the Interim Chair of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA), and the appointment of a new non-executive director on the NHSCFA board.

Added details of the re-appointment of Dr Mark Chakravarty, Jackie Fielding, Professor Bee Wee and Dr Justin Whatling as non-executive directors of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Alina Lourie as chair of NICE's Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC).

Added details of the re-appointment of a member of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration.

Added details of the re-appointment of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) chair and non-executive director, and appointment of NHSBT Audit and Risk Committee chair.

Added appointment of MHRA chair.

Added appointment of Alan Milburn as lead non-executive member to the board of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Added re-appointment of Susan Jebb as the chair of the Food Standards Agency.

Added the appointment and re-appointment of various members to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).

Added appointment of a new member of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP).

Added re-appointment of Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed as Chair of the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) and re-appointment of Sue Douthwaite as Chair of the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA).

Added details of: the re-appointment of members and the interim Chair of the NHS Pay Review Body; the re-appointment of members and appointment of new members of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration; the extension of the Chair of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority; the re-appointment of members of the British Pharmacopoeia Commission.

Added re-appointment of Lord Kakkar as Chair of the Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR).

First published.