Baroness Pitkeathley appointed Chair

Baroness Pitkeathley appointed Chair

CHRE is pleased to announce the appointment of Baroness Pitkeathley OBE as the new Chair of our Council. Jill Pitkeathley will lead a newly reformed Council consisting of public members, appointed from across the UK.

The new Council will assume responsibility for CHRE’s strategic direction from January 2009. CHRE acquired new powers of scrutiny in the Health & Social Care Act 2008.

Harry Cayton, chief executive of CHRE said, ‘We welcome the appointment of Baroness Pitkeathley. She has a long record of promoting the interests of patients, carers and service users and we look forward to working with her.’

For further details, please see the press release