Patrick Carter, Baron Carter of Coles

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Patrick Robert Carter, Baron Carter of Coles (born 9 February 1946) is chairman of the review panel examining the future of NHS pathology. He recently reviewed the procurement of legal aid in England and Wales, and was chair of Sport England until September 2006.

Carter is also the co-founder founder of Westminster Healthcare with Martin Bradford. He was the best man at both of British Justice Secretary Jack Straw's weddings.

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.