Published: 28/11/2002, Volume II2, No. 5833 Page 8

Laura McMurtrie has been appointed chief executive designate of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health, an independent body to oversee the system to replace community health councils.The commission will carry out national reviews of services from a patient's perspective based on patients' forums.

Ms McMurtrie, currently chief executive of 5 Boroughs Partnerships trust, takes up her new post in January.