Victoria Thomas has run the Public Involvement Programme at NICE since 2009, and has been with the Programme since 2001.
Following a degree in Art History, Victoria has worked exclusively in the public and voluntary sector, specialising in healthcare quality improvement activities and in patient and public involvement. Victoria’s MSc, in Science and Society, concentrated on issues of science communication, science and the public, and lay people’s engagement with evidence-based healthcare initiatives. Victoria has an interest in shared decision-making, in particular the role of national guidance as the basis of informed decision-making by both patient and clinician.