Peter Carter (nurse)

Peter Carter, OBE (born 1949[1]) is an independent healthcare consultant and a former General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing.

[4] Peter Carter trained for three years as a psychiatric nurse at Hill End Hospital in St Albans, then worked at the then regional adolescent unit at Hill End Hospital, undertaking further training in family therapy and crisis intervention.

He started his managerial education at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and got an MBA and PhD from the University of Birmingham.

After becoming the general secretary and chief executive of the RCN, Peter Carter restructured his top team and re-focused the organisation to address outstanding issues and the ongoing reforms of the NHS.

In October 2017 he was appointed to the same role at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and served until March 2018.