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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Dr David Nicholl: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Dr David Nicholl
Consultant neurologist
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 23 Dec 2025
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Dr David Nicholl: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Consultant neurologist
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 11 Aug 2026
- First quoted
- 23 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Dr David Nicholl sits on hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Quoted
Quoted in the press on hospital discharge / bed-blocking.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)Leading
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UKLeading- Colin PoolmanSector leaderexecutive director of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) ScotlandLeading
- Dr Angela TillettAcademicChief Medical Officer at ESNEFT
- Kate RocksSector leaderChief officer of the Inverclyde health and social care partnership (HSCP)
- Dr David NichollClinicianConsultant neurologist
- Dr Kerstin de WitAcademicprofessor in emergency medicine
- Jo ReederSector leaderChief executive, Suffolk Care Association
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05 On the record · press
What Dr David Nicholl has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- cityam.com
- theguardian.com
Where Dr David Nicholl has been quoted
- NHS data counters claims that £330m Palantir deal has led to 'no improvement'cityam.com · 11 Aug 2026
- A heavy moral burden as Palestine Action hunger strikers risk death | Letterstheguardian.com · 23 Dec 2025
How we found the articles that name Dr David Nicholl: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- hospital discharge
- delayed discharge
- bed blocking
- bed-blocking
- discharge to assess
- delayed transfers of care
- discharge delays
- step-down care
Also searched with “hospital discharge” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Medical ethics & regulation
- medical ethics
- General Medical Council
- GMC
- fitness to practise
- patient consent
- Mental Capacity Act
- conscientious objection
- medical confidentiality
Also searched with “medical ethics” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Medical ethics & regulation
Verbatim
“I am so sceptical about anything that NHS England put out about FDP”
“Were we responsible for their care, we would refuse to discharge them from hospital unless the patient wished to return to prison, a stance that emerged after the 1989 anti-apartheid hunger strikes and became known as the 'Kalk refusal'.”
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