Health Service Journal
Niall Dickson
Niall Dickson is chief executive of the General Medical Council.
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‘Inert’ or improving: the state of medical regulation
25 August 2011
Alan Maynard argues the GMC’s ‘feeble’ regulation of doctors does little to benefit the NHS, but chief executive Niall Dickson says a new approach will protect patients. -
The next phase in medical revalidation
10 February 2011
A decade in the making, the revalidation procedure for the health profession is almost ready for implementation. General Medical Council chief executive Niall Dickson explains the next phase. -
Public health: a slim chance of healthier lives
12-Feb-2009
The Change4Life initiative to combat child obesity is the latest in a long history of public strategies and, says Niall Dickson, success will rely on it grabbing public imagination -
NHS60: Déjà vu
30-Jun-2008
Healthcare has moved on apace since 1948, with treatments that would have amazed medics of the time. Yet in other areas time seems to have stood still, says Niall Dickson -
The answer to the age-old question of social care funding
22-Nov-2007
The current adult social care system penalises people who have saved all their lives, but how will the government rectify this without breaking the bank? A coalition of 15 bodies believes it has pointed the way, as Niall Dickson of the King's Fund explains
