Concerns over Ruth Marks leading healthcare review 7 November 2014 Last updated at 10:35 Concerns have been raised over the appointment of the person leading a review of Healthcare Inspectorate Wales. Ruth Marks was older people's director of Reach, a company at the centre of a damning report into care home services in Powys. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have both questioned the move. But former Older People's Commissioner said she was not responsible for setting up or running Reach services. The Welsh government said she was "ideally placed" for the job. Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) found Reach, which no longer provides care in Powys, breached 14 care regulations. Inadequate treatment It said two people were hospitalised and vulnerable people were harmed and neglected. It also said a number of people had been put at risk because of medication errors and an inconsistent and unreliable service. Ms Marks, who was Reach's director of older people's services at the time, said: "In relation to the services provided by Reach in Powys I want to make it clear that I was not responsible for the setup or running of this service." Pretty extraordinary Ms Marks said she was not interviewed by CSSIW. "My review of HIW follows the same independent approach I took as older people's commissioner," she added. It is important to speak truth to power and the recommendations I will be making to the minister for health and social services are based on sound evidence and will help HIW better protect and promote the health and wellbeing of patients and service users across Wales. But Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar said: "It's pretty extraordinary that one of those people who was corporately responsible for what was a spectacular collapse in social services in Powys has been appointed by the Welsh government to undertake a review of the healthcare inspection arrangements across Wales." Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, added there will "be a question mark raised." A Welsh government spokesman said: "Her work as Wales' first older people's commissioner makes her ideally placed to undertake this review. Anyone who has worked with Ruth would be immediately and absolutely assured of her commitment to improve services for those who depend on them.