# Niall Dickson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Niall_Dickson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Niall_Dickson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_Dickson > Source revision: 1339321305 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Journalist and health executive}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} '''Niall Forbes Ross Dickson''' [CBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) (born 5 November 1953) was chair of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust between April 2021 and December 2023. He was chief executive of the [NHS Confederation](/source/NHS_Confederation), between February 2017 {{Cite web|title=$name|url=http://www.nhsconfed.org/news/2017/01/nhs%20confederation%20appoints%20niall%20dickson%20as%20new%20chief%20executive|access-date=2020-06-04|website=www.nhsconfed.org|language=en|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604144309/https://www.nhsconfed.org/news/2017/01/nhs%20confederation%20appoints%20niall%20dickson%20as%20new%20chief%20executive|url-status=dead}} and October 2020.{{Cite web|title=NHS Confederation chief executive to step down|url=http://www.nhsconfed.org/news/2020/06/niall%20dickson%20leaves|access-date=2020-06-04|website=www.nhsconfed.org|language=en|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604135544/https://www.nhsconfed.org/news/2020/06/niall%20dickson%20leaves|url-status=dead}} Between 2010 and 2016 he served as chief executive and registrar of the [General Medical Council](/source/General_Medical_Council) (GMC),{{Cite web|title=NHS England » Niall Dickson|url=https://www.england.nhs.uk/author/niall-dickson/|access-date=2020-06-04|website=www.england.nhs.uk|date=21 February 2018 }} and led the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA) until 2016. Previously, Dickson worked as chief executive of the King’s Fund, from 2004 to 2009, after a career in journalism. ==Early life== He was born in Scotland{{cite journal |title=Dissecting Room: Niall Dickson |first=Kelly |last=Morris |journal=[The Lancet](/source/The_Lancet) |volume=363 |number=9412 |page=904 |date=13 March 2004 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15762-0|s2cid=54310785 }} and educated at [Glasgow Academy](/source/Glasgow_Academy), [Edinburgh Academy](/source/Edinburgh_Academy) and then studied at the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh).{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/feb/18/guardiansocietysupplement.interviews |title=Hungry for change |first=Raekha |last=Prasad |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |date=18 February 2004}} ==Career== ===Journalism=== He was the editor of the ''[Nursing Times](/source/Nursing_Times)'' from 1983 to 1988.{{cite news |url=https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/kings-fund-chief-executive-niall-dickson-to-join-general-medical-council-14-07-2009/ |title=Kings Fund chief executive Niall Dickson to join General Medical Council |work=[Nursing Times](/source/Nursing_Times) |last=Gainsbury |first=Sally |date=14 July 2009 |accessdate=3 July 2014}} He worked at the [BBC](/source/BBC) for 15 years, joining as health correspondent in 1988 and progressing to the position of social affairs editor for [BBC News](/source/BBC_News) from 1995 to 2003.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/09_september/26/niall_dickson.shtml |title=Niall Dickson to leave BBC |publisher=[BBC](/source/BBC) |date=26 September 2003 |access-date=3 July 2014}} As social affairs editor he was responsible for around 80 journalists and his producer was [Laura Kuenssberg](/source/Laura_Kuenssberg). ===Management=== He was Chief Executive of the [King's Fund](/source/King's_Fund) from 2004 to 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/press/press-releases/gmc-appoints-niall-dickson-its-new-chief-executive |title=GMC appoints Niall Dickson as its new chief executive | publisher=[King's Fund](/source/King's_Fund) |date=14 July 2009| accessdate=3 July 2014}} In January 2010, he was appointed as Chief Executive and registrar of the [General Medical Council](/source/General_Medical_Council).{{cite web | title=Niall Dickson, Chief Executive and Registrar, General Medical Council | url=http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/chief_executive.asp | publisher=[General Medical Council](/source/General_Medical_Council) | accessdate=9 January 2013}} He took up the post of chair of the IAMRA in 2014, for a three-year term of office.{{cite web |url=http://www.iamra.com/management-committee |title=Management committee |publisher=International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA) |accessdate=8 July 2015 |archive-date=14 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714004919/http://www.iamra.com/management-committee |url-status=dead }} Dickson was appointed [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (CBE) in the [2017 Birthday Honours](/source/2017_Birthday_Honours) for services to patient safety.{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B8|date=17 June 2017}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickson, Niall}} Category:British chief executives Category:Living people Category:Medical journalists Category:BBC newsreaders and journalists Category:People educated at the Glasgow Academy Category:People educated at Edinburgh Academy Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:1953 births --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Niall Dickson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_Dickson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_Dickson?action=history)). 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