Yes, If a sponsor submits their package to NICE early enough then NICE will be ready for an opinion when the MHRA approves. Alas, NWBO has not yet submitted, so NICE cannot work on the decision. They will be at least 6 months after a submission, and no indication NWBO has any intent to submit soon.
If anybody cares, the big change with this policy is that the NICE process can now go public prior to an MHRA decision. In the past, the NICE process had to block when they were ready for public comments until the decision.