The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7244 p501
12 April 2003

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Lay members appointed to health regulation body

Eight lay members have been appointed to the Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals, which is to oversee the health care professions' regulatory bodies.

Six members have been appointed by the National Health Service Appointments Commission to represent lay interests in England. They are:

• Sue Leggate — a consumer affairs specialist and a Consumers' Association council member

• Peter North — a retired Royal Air Force officer and lay assessor for the General Medical Council

• Hugh Ross — programme director for the Bristol Health Services Plan and former NHS trust chief executive

• Lois Willis — a member of the Motor Neurone Disease Association care centres review panel

• Kieran Walshe — reader in public management and director of research for the Manchester University Centre for Healthcare Management

• Sally Williams — an independent health policy adviser and a lay member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Patient Liaison Group

Two further lay members appointed by ministers in Scotland and Wales are:

• Dr Frances Dow — vice-principal at the University of Edinburgh

• David Smith — a lecturer and food policy adviser in Wales

The council's chairman is Jane Wesson (PJ, 15 February, p216). The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's representative is its President, Marshall Davies.