Pauline Young has become the Wales Trustee of the Family Fund, an organisation that helps families with severely disabled or ill children.

Anna Coote, currently director of health policy with the Kings Fund, is joining the Healthcare Commission as head of engaging patients and public.

The mental health charity Maca has appointed Anne Beales as its first director of service user involvement. Beales was formerly the director of the Capital Project Trust in West Sussex.

Bob Fryer is taking up the new post of national director for widening participation in learning at the new NHS Institute for Learning, Skills and Innovation.