Guidance
DHSC public appointments: 2025 to 2026
Non-executive appointments to the Department of Health and Social Care's public bodies and committees from April 2025 to March 2026.
Change of https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-public-appointments-2025-to-2026
Change description : 2025-10-06 14:00:00: Added details of 2 non-executive directors of NHS England; one re-appointment and one extension. [Guidance and regulation]
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Non-executive appointments to the Department of Health and Social Care's public bodies and committees from April 2025 to March 2026.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care appoints the chairs and other non-executive members of the following bodies:
The Secretary of State is also responsible for appointing:
For further information on public appointments, contact appointments.team@dhsc.gov.uk.
Added details of 2 non-executive directors of NHS England; one re-appointment and one extension.
Added details of one reappointment and one appointment extension of non-executive directors of NHS Blood and Transplant.
Added details of the reappointment of 2 non-executive directors of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body.
Added details of the appointment of a new commissioner of the Commission on Human Medicines.
Added details of the reappointment of Professor Henrietta Hughes OBE as the Patient Safety Commissioner.
Added details of the appointment of 5 new non-executive directors of NHS England.
Added details of the appointment of a new non-executive member and the reappointment of a non-executive member and chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of the UK Health Security Agency.
Added details of the appointment of members of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel.
Added details of the appointment of members of the Food Standards Agency.
Added details of the appointment of members of the Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM).
Added chair and member announcements for the NHS Pay Review Body and the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration.
Added Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency non-executive director appointments.
Added details of the appointment of the chair of the Health Research Authority (HRA).
Added details of the change in start date for the chair of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and of the extension of the appointment of the interim chair.
Added details of the appointment of 2 new non-executive directors of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Added details of the appointment of 5 new non-executive directors of the Care Quality Commission, one of whom will also be chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC). Added details of the new chair of the NHS Pension Board.
First published.
2025-10-06 14:00
Added details of 2 non-executive directors of NHS England; one re-appointment and one extension.
2025-09-23 09:00
Added details of one reappointment and one appointment extension of non-executive directors of NHS Blood and Transplant.
2025-09-22 11:00
Added details of the reappointment of 2 non-executive directors of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body.
2025-09-12 14:17
Added details of the appointment of a new commissioner of the Commission on Human Medicines.
2025-09-09 11:12
Added details of the reappointment of Professor Henrietta Hughes OBE as the Patient Safety Commissioner.
2025-09-01 14:00
Added details of the appointment of 5 new non-executive directors of NHS England.
2025-08-28 11:00
Added details of the appointment of a new non-executive member and the reappointment of a non-executive member and chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of the UK Health Security Agency.
2025-08-18 10:00
Added details of the appointment of members of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel.
2025-08-04 09:30
Added details of the appointment of members of the Food Standards Agency.
2025-07-25 16:48
Added details of the appointment of members of the Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM).
2025-07-22 12:00
Added chair and member announcements for the NHS Pay Review Body and the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration.
2025-07-16 16:17
Added Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency non-executive director appointments.
2025-07-09 10:56
Added details of the appointment of the chair of the Health Research Authority (HRA).
2025-07-01 12:35
Added details of the change in start date for the chair of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and of the extension of the appointment of the interim chair.
2025-06-20 16:04
Added details of the appointment of 2 new non-executive directors of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
2025-06-12 11:00
Added details of the appointment of 5 new non-executive directors of the Care Quality Commission, one of whom will also be chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC). Added details of the new chair of the NHS Pension Board.
2025-05-22 14:00
First published.