Career
He recently reviewed the procurement of legal aid in England and Wales, and was chair of Sport England until September 2006. He co-founded private nursing home company Westminster Health Care in 1985 with Martin Bradford. Carter was made a life peer as Baron Carter of Coles, of Westmill in the County of Hertfordshire on the advice of Prime Minister Tony Blair on 8 June 2004.
He takes the Labour whip.
At the request of the Government of the day Carter made significant positive interventions in some of the United Kingdom"s major sports projects and events. In his review of National Health Service spending, Carter argued that the National Health Service in England could save £5bn a year through better staff organisation and an improved approach to purchasing.
Carter was educated at Brentwood School where he was a contemporary of politician Jack Straw. In his autobiography Straw describes Carter as his closest friend.
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Carter is president of McKesson corporation"s International Operations Group and is responsible for the businesses" product portfolio.
He was reckoned by the Health Service Journal to be the ninth most influential person in the English National Health Service in 2015.
