FOUR people have been appointed as non-executive directors on Durham and Chester-le-Street Primary Care Trust's board, from April 1.

Professor Andrew Gray, of Durham City, is appointed after serving as professor of public sector management at Durham University. He is honorary secretary of the Durham Forum for Health and a member of the executive committee of the Public Management and Policy Association.

Ann Hitchman, of Durham City, has been a non-executive member of County Durham and Darlington Health Authority since October 2000, and is the authority's representative on the board of Durham and Chester-le-Street and Easington Primary Care Groups.

Also appointed are Brian Ebbatson, of Chester-le-Street, a county councillor and former lecturer at New College, Durham, and Paul Briggs, of Durham City, a financial consultant and former health trust non-executive director.