A GP has been appointed chairman of a group that commissions and pays for local health services.Dr Richard Palin, a graduate of the University of Leicester Medical School, took over the role at East Leicestershire and Rutland clinical commissioning group (CCG).He has been a GP for two decades and was previously clinical vice-chairman of the CCG.In a video posted on the CCG's website, Dr Palin said: "It sounds a bit trite to say that general practice is a vocation, but for me that's how it...
