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NICE Announces New Chief Executive

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has announced that Professor Gillian Leng has been appointed as its new chief executive.

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Prof Leng has held the post of deputy chief executive at NICE since 2007 and is also currently its director of health and social care. She will take up her new role on 1st April 2020 when Sir Andrew Dillon, who has led the organisation since it was established in 1999, steps down.

Sir Andrew said in a news release: "I am delighted that Gill has been appointed as NICE's next Chief Executive. She is an outstanding leader and has all the qualities needed to lead the organisation into its third decade. I am entirely confident that NICE will be safe and successful in her hands."

Commenting on her appointment, Prof Leng said: "Under Andrew's leadership NICE has gained a formidable reputation both nationally and internationally as a world leader in guidance development. I am honoured and privileged to have been appointed as its second chief executive. I look forward to working with the Institute’s staff and stakeholders as we enter an exciting new chapter of innovative changes to deliver our portfolio of guidance into the hands of frontline staff in an easy and intuitive way."

Adapted from Univadis from Medscape.

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