Niall Dickson, former chief of the General Medical Council, has been appointed as chief executive of NHS Confederation.
Mr Dickson announced he would be leaving his role at the GMC last January and left at the end of 2016. He had led the organisation since 2010.
Previously he had been chief executive of the King’s Fund, from 2004 to 2009, and during his career as journalist worked for the BBC and Nursing Times.
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