Peter Carr (public servant)

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Sir Peter Derek Carr CBE (12 July 1930 - 21 October 2017) was a British public servant who had a career in National Health Service management and industrial relations. He was a founding director of Acas. He was chairman of the Northern Regional Health Authority. He was deputy lieutenant of Durham and knighted in 2007. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

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