§ Mr. Jacques ArnoldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will make a statement about the appointment of regional health authority chairmen from 1 August.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe terms of office of two of the 14 regional health authority chairmen expire on 31 July 1991. I have made one new appointment and one reappointment. The new chairman of the South East Thames regional health authority is Mr. Peter Barker presently chairman of the Lewisham and North Southwark health authority. He has been appointed for three years and succeeds Sir Peter Baldwin who has served with distinction since 1983.
440WSir Colin Walker, chairman of the East Anglian regional health authority, has accepted my invitation to serve for a further term of four years.