Niall Dickson
Doctor of the University (HonDUniv)
Year conferred: 2007
Niall Dickson joined the General Medical Council as Chief Executive and Registrar in January 2010. Before that he was Chief Executive of the King's Fund, a post he took up in January 2004.
He began his career in teaching before taking up posts in national charities involved with older people. He was Editor of Therapy Weekly for the allied health professions and then of Nursing Times.
He moved to the BBC in 1988 as Health Correspondent, became Chief Social Affairs Correspondent and then, in 1995, Social Affairs Editor.
Niall is a member of the Cabinet Office Honours Committee (Health) and ministerial advisory group on social care funding and the NHS National Stakeholder Forum. In 2008 he chaired a cross-party commission on accountability in health for the Local Government Association (LGA).
He is a trustee of the Consumers' Association (Which?) and of the Leeds Castle Foundation. Among his honorary awards he is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
