NICE prioritisation board lay member recruitment

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produces guidance on the most effective ways to prevent, diagnose and treat disease and ill health, and provide social care support. It's important that NICE prioritises those areas of guidance development that will have greatest impact on the health and care system. To help do this the NICE Prioritisation Board was set up to decide whether to select topics for guidance development. 

For information, including videos explaining NICE’s approach to prioritising topics, the role of the prioritisation board and the role of the lay member please visit prioritising guidance topics webpage. NICE have also developed a short video to explain the role. 

• Skills & experience needed: NICE are looking for 2 people to join the board to bring a perspective of patients, people who use services, and carers to a selection and of topics. They won’t have personal knowledge or experience of every topic this committee looks at, but they should have a broad understanding of the issues important to patients and their families or unpaid carers.
• Time commitment: Meetings take place every 2 weeks and last for 2 hours. You will be expected to read the meeting papers in advance, which takes up to 2 hours.
• Key dates: The closing date is 15 June 2025. Interviews will take place on Friday 27 June, and the first meeting will take place 21 July, 10-12pm.
• Location: Meetings will be online via web conferencing software.
• Payment: You will receive £150 for each meeting.
• How to apply: Please visit the recruitment page for the full recruitment documents and the online application. 

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For further details, contact Mark Rasburn, mark.rasburn@nice.org.uk