Patrick Carter, Baron Carter of Coles

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Carter in 2019
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
8 June 2004
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1946-02-09) 9 February 1946 (age 76)
Political party Labour
Alma mater Brentwood School, Essex

Patrick Robert Carter, Baron Carter of Coles (born 9 February 1946) was chairman of the review panel examining the future of NHS pathology (reported in 2016). He reviewed the procurement of legal aid in England and Wales (reported in 2006), and was chair of Sport England until September 2006. He co-founded private nursing home company Westminster Health Care in 1985 with Martin Bradford.

He was educated at Brentwood School, Essex.

Carter was made a life peer as Baron Carter of Coles, of Westmill in the County of Hertfordshire on the advice of Prime Minister Tony Blair on 8 June 2004. [1] He takes the Labour whip.

At the request of the Government of the day Carter made significant positive interventions in some of the UK's major sports projects and events. In particular he played a lead role in resolving the funding issues surrounding the hosting of the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games, and was the lead facilitator in the resolution of the major financial dispute between Multiplex Construction UK Ltd and Wembley National Stadium Ltd, when the stadium was redeveloped prior to re-opening in 2007.

In his review of NHS spending, Carter argued that the NHS in England could save £5bn a year through better staff organisation and an improved approach to purchasing. [2]

Carter was educated at Brentwood School where he was a contemporary of politician Jack Straw. In his autobiography Straw describes Carter as his closest friend. (Last Man Standing ISBN   9781447222750 p49)

Carter was president of McKesson corporation's International Operations Group and was responsible for the businesses' product portfolio. [3]

He was reckoned by the Health Service Journal to be the ninth most influential person in the English NHS in 2015. [4]

He chairs the board of Health Services Laboratories. [5]

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References

  1. "No. 57323". The London Gazette . 14 June 2004. p. 7379.
  2. "Simple steps 'could save NHS £5bn'". BBC News. 11 June 2015.
  3. "Our Executive Officers | McKesson".
  4. "HSJ100 2015". Health Service Journal. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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