STRUCTURE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG has confirmed its chair and accountable officer appointments.
Dr Ian Orpen will be chair while Dr Simon Douglass will be accountable officer. It is quite rare for CCGs to have a GP in both posts.
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September 2012
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