Sir Duncan Kirkbride Nichol (born 30 May 1941) is a British hospital administrator who was the third Chief Executive of the

National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ...

Management Executive from 1989 to 1994. He was born in

Bradford Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...

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, to James Nichol and Mabel Kirkbride. He was educated at

Bradford Grammar School Bradford Grammar School (BGS) is a co-educational private day school located in Frizinghall, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Entrance is by examination. For the sixth form admission is based on GCSE results. The school gives means-tested ...

and the

University of St Andrews The University of St Andrews (, ; abbreviated as St And in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, f ...

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, Scotland. He joined the NHS in 1963 as a graduate trainee, and worked his way up in

St Thomas's Hospital St Thomas' Hospital is a large NHS teaching hospital in Central London, England. Administratively part of the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, together with Guy's Hospital, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospit ...

and

Manchester Royal Infirmary Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) is a large NHS teaching hospital in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England. Founded by Charles White in 1752 as part of the voluntary hospital movement of the 18th century, it is now a major regional and nati ...

, from senior administrative assistant to regional general manager of the Mersey Regional Health Authority. He has been Chairman of the Academy for Healthcare Science, Her Majesty’s Courts Service, Skills for Justice, the

Parole Board for England and Wales The Parole Board () was established in 1968 under the Criminal Justice Act 1967. It became an independent executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) on 1 July 1996 under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. The Parole Board is gover ...

and Synergy Healthcare. He is a director of Deltex Medical Group. He was a non-executive director of the

Christie Hospital The Christie, formerly known as Christie Hospital and The Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, is a specialist National Health Service, National Health Service (NHS) single site cancer centre in Manchester, United Kingdom. The hospital is ...

from 2008 and deputy chairman from 2009 until 2012, when he was appointed Chair of the

Countess of Chester Hospital The Countess of Chester Hospital is the main National Health Service, NHS hospital for the English city of Chester and the surrounding area. It currently has 625 beds, general medical departments and a 24-hour A&E department, accident and emerge ...

NHS Foundation Trust. He announced his retirement in November 2019. He was appointed a Commander of the

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in the

1989 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1989 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countrie ...

and knighted in the

1993 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1993 were appointments by most of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other count ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nichol, Duncan 1941 births Living people Chief executives of the National Health Service Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor People educated at Bradford Grammar School Alumni of the University of St Andrews