ANDREW Govier and Paul Jackson have been re-appointed as non-executive directors of Somerset Primary Care Trust.

Mr Govier, who is a town, district and county councillor, was a non-executive director of the former Taunton Deane PCT.

Mr Jackson, a former chief environmental health officer in Taunton Deane, was regional director for the Meat Hygiene Service.

Trust chairman Jane Barrie said: “Their respective skills and experience will continue to prove invaluable in steering the ambitious plans that Somerset PCT is developing.”