Niall Forbes Ross Dickson
CBE
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(born 5 November 1953) was appointed chair of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust in April 2021. He was chief executive of the
NHS Confederation
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, between February 2017. and October 2020.
Between 2010 and 2016 he served as chief executive and registrar of the
General Medical Council (GMC),
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 and educated at
Glasgow Academy
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,
Edinburgh Academy
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and then studied at the
University of Edinburgh
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.
He is the brother of Alastair Dickson, founder of the Scottish law firm
Dickson Minto.
Career
Journalism
He was the editor of the ''
Nursing Times
''Nursing Times'' is a website and monthly magazine for nurses, which is published in the United Kingdom. It covers original nursing research and best practice for nurses at all stages in their career, as well as daily news, opinion and other infor ...
'' from 1983 to 1988.
He worked at the
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for 15 years, joining as health correspondent in 1988 and progressing to the position of social affairs editor for
from 1995 to 2003. As social affairs editor he was responsible for around 80 journalists
from 2004 to 2009.
In January 2010, he was appointed as Chief Executive and registrar of the
. He took up the post of chair of the IAMRA in 2014, for a three-year term of office.
Dickson was appointed
for services to patient safety.