Formed in 2009, the National Quality Board (NQB) champions the importance of quality and drives system alignment of quality across health and care on behalf of NHS England, the Care Quality Commission, the UK Health Security Agency, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, the Department of Health and Social Care, Healthwatch England, the National Guardians Office and the Health Services Safety Investigations Body.

The NQB provides advice, recommendations and endorsement on matters relating to quality, and acts as a collective to influence, drive and ensure system alignment of quality programmes and initiatives.

Its aim is to support delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan’s ambition for quality in the NHS, while encouraging high quality care for all across all of health, public health and social care. The NQB will focus on improving quality and reducing inequalities through six key means: supporting system transformation, digital transformation, research and innovation, support for the health and social care workforce, patient safety and improving population health and health inequalities.

Membership

The NQB’s membership comprises senior clinical and professional leaders from the partner organisations and lived experience experts.

Chairs

• Professor Stephen Powis, National Medical Director, NHS England
• Dr Prem Premachandran, Medical Director, Care Quality Commission

Members

• Duncan Burton, Chief Nursing Officer for England, NHS England
• Dr Aidan Fowler, National Director of Patient Safety, NHS England
• Professor Erika Denton, Medical Director for Secondary Care and Transformation, NHS England
• James Bullion, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care and Integrated Care, Care Quality Commission
• Clenton Farquharson, Lived Experience Expert
• Anna Severwright, Lived Experience Expert
• Professor Mark Radford, Director of Education and Training, NHS England
• Sarah Price, Director of  Public Health, NHS England
• Stella Vig, Medical Director for Secondary Care and Quality, NHS England
• Dr Claire Fuller, Medical Director for Primary Care, NHS England
• Professor Jamie Waterall, Deputy Chief Public Health Nurse, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Professor Jonathan Benger, Chief Medical Officer, National Institute of Health and Care Excellence
• Louise Ansari, Chief Executive, Healthwatch England
• Professor Deborah Sturdy, Chief Nurse for Social Care, Department of Health and Social Care
• William Vineall, Director of NHS Quality, Safety and Investigations, Department of Health and Social Care
• Dr Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor, UK Health Services Authority
• Matthew Style, Director General for Acute Care and Workforce, Department of Health and Social Care
• Dr Rosie Benneyworth, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Health Services Safety Investigations Body
• Jayne Chidgey-Clark, National Guardian, National Guardians Office