HM Personnel

Mike Farrar is to stand down as chief executive of the NHS Confederation as his two-and-a-half-year secondment to the organisation from the NHS has come to an end. After 30 years' service, Mr Farrar has decided to move on from the NHS and launch a new career in healthcare consultancy. He will however continue to work in the coming months on a number of major projects for the NHS Confederation, to ensure that initiatives like the Bureaucracy Review and the Accelerator Fund come to fruition.

Legal & General has appointed Vanessa Sallows as the new customer services director for Group Protection.

Zolfo Cooper, the provider of advisory and restructuring services, has appointed Dr Mark Jackson as special advisor to its healthcare team.

The Huntercombe Group, the specialist healthcare provider, has appointed Dr Richard Pool as clinical director for the West Country and Dr Alison Westman as medical director for Huntercombe Hospital Edinburgh.

Partnerships in Care has appointed Sir Ian Carruthers OBE as non-executive director. Sir Ian has worked in the NHS for 43 years, on access to healthcare as well as the quality of services and financial performance in both national and local settings. He has overseen many major service changes and is a champion of change to deliver better outcomes for patients, staff and communities.

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GVA, the commercial property adviser, has appointed Ian Lock as national head of its independent healthcare team.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Professor Steve Field as its first Chief Inspector of General Practice to champion the interests of people using GP and dental services.

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Manchester Academic Health Science Centre has appointed Peter Noble as chief operating officer for the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), starting on October 1 2013. Mr Noble is currently the director of operations for the Medical Research Council (MRC) in The Gambia, which manages the largest concentration of UK medical research in a developing country. Mr Noble trained as a diagnostic radiographer working in the North of England and subsequently moved to NHS managerial roles in Leeds, Bradford, Liverpool, Harrogate and London.