Press Release

HPC welcomes new Lay Council member

15 November 2006

The Health Professions Council (HPC) is pleased to announce a new member to the Council. Peter Douglas will replace Ros Levenson (who resigned from the Council in July 2006) as a Lay member of Council. Peter will take his place at the first official Council meeting on the 14th December 2006, following his appointment as a member of the Council on 1 November.

Peter Douglas is the former national managing partner of HLB Kidsons, Chartered Accountants, and was for ten years a Council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has been Director of Professional Standards at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, a governor of two independent schools and a higher education college.  He is a member of the steering board of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory, a DTI agency, chairman of its audit committee and a member of the audit committee of Ashridge Business School.

Peter Douglas said “I am delighted to be joining the Health Professions Council. I look forward to working along side other Council members and the Executive and being part of the development of HPC’s policies and strategies.”

Anna van der Gaag, The President of the Council, said “The input of our lay Council members is vital to the Council’s success. I would like to welcome Peter to the Council and look forward to working with him in the near future.”

The Council is responsible for developing strategies and policies. It consists of twenty-six members: one Council member from each of the professions, twelve lay members, and a president.