{{Short description|none}} '''Claire Louise Murdoch''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} is the Chief Executive of the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and former national director for mental health, NHS England.
She was rated by the Health Service Journal as the seventeenth most influential person in the English NHS in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=HSJ100 2016: The list in full|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/newsletter/hsj-knowledge/top-leader-lists/hsj100/hsj100-2016-the-list-in-full/7011348.article|accessdate=27 October 2016|work=Health Service Journal|date=11 October 2016}}</ref> She was the inaugural Chair of the Cavendish Square Group of the 10 London NHS trusts responsible for mental health services, succeeded by John Brouder, Chief Executive of North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fewer mentally ill people being locked up in London police cells, figures show|url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/14824989.Fewer_mentally_ill_people_being_locked_up_in_London_police_cells__figures_show/#comments-anchor|accessdate=27 October 2016|work=Your Local Guardian|date=26 October 2016}}</ref>
She was involved in the development of a rating system for Clinical Commissioning Groups performance in mental health during 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=More than half of CCGs 'need to improve mental health services'|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/sectors/mental-health/more-than-half-of-ccgs-need-to-improve-mental-health-services/7012864.article|accessdate=27 October 2016|work=Health Service Journal|date=27 October 2016}}</ref>
She has particularly supported moves to ensure mentally ill people, especially children and adolescents are treated nearer their homes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Secure mental health patients could soon be treated closer to home in Devon|url=http://www.devonlive.com/secure-mental-health-patients-could-soon-be-treated-closer-to-home-in-devon/story-30283543-detail/story.html|accessdate=21 April 2017|publisher=Devon Live|date=20 April 2017}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NHS England pledges to increase child mental health beds|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/sectors/mental-health/nhs-england-pledges-to-increase-child-mental-health-beds/7016947.article|accessdate=21 April 2017|work=Health Service Journal|date=31 March 2017}}</ref>
She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to the NHS.
Her sister Alison Reynolds received the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to Community Sport in Kent.
Since 1984 Murdoch has been a mental health nurse.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/17/observer-letters-work-together-children-mental-health|title=Working together on mental health {{!}} Letters|date=2019-02-17|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-09-23|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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