Dr. Peter Carter, is an independent healthcare consultant and former General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing. He is an Honorary fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (Eng) and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. Dr. Carter trained for three years as a psychiatric nurse at Hill End Hospital in St Albans. He has an MBA and PhD from the University of Birmingham. He spent almost twelve years as CEO of the Central and North-West London Mental Health NHS Trust, and in January 2007 became CEO for the Royal College of Nursing.