PEOPLE - UK Department of Health makes appointment:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK Department of Health has appointed Professor Leon Fine as non-executive director to the board of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). He replaces Professor Parveen Kumar, who resigned earlier this year. Professor Fine is consultant physician and Professor of Medicine at University College London. He is eminent in the field of renal medicine and has international experience of the issues covered by NICE, having worked with the Rand Corporation in California and the UK's Nuffield Trust.
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