National Institute for Health and Care Excellence lived experience committee member recruitment.

NICE are looking for people with lived experience, or their loved ones, unpaid carers and advocates to join the committee developing their indicators. NICE indicators measure outcomes that reflect the quality of care. They also look at processes that are linked by evidence to improved outcomes.
Many of the indicators the committee develop focus on primary care (care given by your GP) but some are also relevant across the wider health and social care systems too.
NICE are looking for one person with a range of lived experience across health, public health and social care, together with an understanding of quality improvement from the perspective of people using these services, to join their indicator advisory committee. Their involvement will be vital in ensuring that NICE hear and shape guidance in line with the views, experiences and needs of those who are most directly impacted by their work. 

As a standing lay member on a NICE committee, you won’t have personal knowledge or experience of every topic the committee looks at, but you should have a broad understanding of the issues important to patients and their families or unpaid carers. You will be expected to research topics you are not familiar with so that you can gain this insight and highlight issues of importance for people and communities within the topic area.

The appointed lived experience member will need to be able to contribute effectively in a formal committee setting. 

Lived experience members are paid a fee to attend meetings in recognition of their valuable expertise and knowledge (£300 for a full day meeting, £150 for a half-day meeting), and travel and other expenses are also covered.

Visit the recruitment advert for details of what working with the committee involves, the kind of experience and knowledge NICE are looking for, and how to apply. 

Recruitment is open until 11.59pm on Wednesday 21 May 2025.