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Health and Social Care Commission: Appointment of Chairman

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A decision made 13 March 2017:

Ministerial decision reference   : MD-HA-2017-0017

Decision summary title: Intention to appoint Chair of the Jersey Care Commission

Decision summary author

Director, Social Policy

Is the decision summary public or exempt? 

Public

Report title:  Intention to appointment Chair of the Jersey Care Commission

Report author or name of

person giving report

Director, Social Policy

Is the report public or exempt?

 

Public

Decision and reason for the decision

The Chief Minister decided to present a Report to the States, giving two weeks’ notice of his intention to appoint Robert Glenn Houston as Chair of the Jersey Care Commission in pursuance of Article 2, Schedule 1 of the Regulation of Care (Jersey) Law 2014 (the “2014 Law”)

In accordance with the requirements of the 2014 Law, the selection process was overseen by the Jersey Appointments Commission.

Resource implications

As per P.95/2014 costs associated with Care Commission are met from fee income.

Action required

The Greffier of the States is request to arrange for the attached report to be placed before the States.

Signature

 

 

Position

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date signed

 

Effective date of the decision

 

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