Dr Niall Campbell

Who Dr Niall Campbell is

Dr Niall Campbell is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Lead Addiction Consultant at Priory Hospital Roehampton, south-west London, where he has worked full-time since 2002. He has been a consultant adult general psychiatrist since 1996, having first completed six years in the NHS at Tolworth Hospital, and became lead consultant for addictions at the Priory in 2013. He qualified with an MBBS from Charing Cross Hospital in 1983 and became a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1991 via the West London Training Scheme. He is a regular media commentator on addiction, alcohol misuse, and substance use disorders, having appeared on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, ITV Good Morning Britain, and contributed to the Huffington Post. He is widely quoted in the UK press on the dangers of alcohol and cocaine misuse, and on the relationship between pandemic-era stress and rising addiction rates.

References for this biography

1. 1.Dr Niall Campbell | Consultant in Roehampton – Priory — Establishes his role, career history, qualifications, and BBC Radio 4 appearance
2. 2.Dr Niall Campbell | Psychiatrist in Roehampton – Doctify — Confirms qualifications (MBBS 1983, MRCPsych 1991), NHS career at Tolworth, lead addiction consultant role, and media activity
3. 3.Priory addiction expert Dr Niall Campbell on the surge in cocaine use – Priory Media Centre — Confirms his role as a press-quoted addiction expert commenting on cocaine misuse trends
4. 4.Acclaimed BBC correspondent reunites with Ballymena born psychiatrist Dr Niall Campbell at book launch – Ballymena Guardian — Confirms Northern Irish background, Roehampton base, and his treatment of BBC journalist Fergal Keane for PTSD
5. 5.Priory Hospital Roehampton – Priory — Confirms address and postcode of Priory Hospital Roehampton (SW15 5JJ) and references Dr Campbell as an addiction expert based there
6. 6.Dr Niall Campbell, Author at The Hippocratic Post — Confirms his role as a consultant psychiatrist and addiction specialist at Priory Roehampton, and his public commentary profile

Notable achievements

• Appeared on BBC Radio 4 Today programme discussing recreational drug use among the elderly population. Source ↗
• Appeared as a guest on ITV Good Morning Britain to discuss drug addiction and the dangers associated with heroin use. Source ↗
• Became Lead Consultant for Addictions at Priory Hospital Roehampton in 2013, in addition to his role as a full-time adult general psychiatrist. Source ↗
• Featured by BBC correspondent Fergal Keane in a BBC2 documentary on PTSD, in which Keane credited Dr Campbell with helping save his life. Source ↗

Where Dr Niall Campbell has been quoted

1. One in four UK people fear a loved one drinks too much, survey findstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Related media coverage

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Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://www.priorygroup.com/consultants/dr-niall-campbell
• Websitehttps://www.hippocraticpost.com/author/dr-niall-campbell/
• Websitehttps://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/dr-niall-campbell

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