Dr David Nicholl's columns
THE KILLER INSTINCT 28-05-2010
A STING IN THE TALE? 24-05-2010
STROKE BUSTERS 18-05-2010
PUNCH AND JUDY KNOCKOUT 10-05-2010
CAMERON FAILS POCKET MONEY TEST 07-05-2010
POLITICAL CON TRICK 26-04-2010
QUESTION TIME IN HAGLEY 30-03-2010
BALLS TO PARKINSONS 22-02-2010
DOCS AND MPS CALL FOR BODIES OF EVIDENCE 29-01-2010
BODIES OF EVIDENCE 05-01-2010
BODIES - NOT REVEALED? 01-01-2010
CAM ON DAVE 22-12-2009
BRAIN DRAIN 07-12-2009
FLIPPIN’ HECK? WOULD JULIE STAND AGAIN? 13-10-2009
RUNNING ON EMPTY 06-10-2009
APPLE BITE 29-09-2009
THE BEST MP? 17-09-2009
DOCTORS’ ORDERS 08-09-2009
AT ONE 24-08-2009
TARGET PRACTICE 01-07-2009
FROM BIGOTRY TO BALTI 19-06-2009
JULIE MUST GO, MARK MUST STAY? 17-06-2009
JULIE, MADLY, DEEPLY 01-06-2009
PAY PEANUTS...GET MPS 20-05-2009
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS 08-05-2009
I WANT YOUR BRAIN 27-04-2009
DON'T BE VAGUE - SEND 'EM TO THE HAGUE 21-04-2009
HAGLEY HOLIDAYS ARE NO FUN 07-04-2009
STALLING? NOT US SAY BROMSGROVE 17-03-2009
PEACE PROTESTS IN OUR TIME 11-03-2009
RENDERED SPEECHLESS 24-02-2009
BAD SPORTS 28-01-2009
BAD SPORTS 12-01-2009
THE WRONG KIND OF MISCONDUCT 30-12-2008
DIAGNOSING DAD 22-12-2008
CLEARED TERROR DOC MUST GO FREE 18-12-2008
QUESTION TIME COMETH 08-12-2008
COLDPLAY (NIA) 05-12-2008
AFGHANISTAN: NO TIME TO CUT AND RUN 26-11-2008
GUANTANAMO TO CLOSE? 18-11-2008
WHEN TO BLOW THE WHISTLE 11-11-2008
A COMPLAINT TO THE BBC 31-10-2008
ARE THE TORIES OBSESSED WITH SWEDEN? 21-10-2008
AYE, AYE PFI 13-10-2008
RONALD McDONALD WRITES...ON HEALTH 07-10-2008
SUPERSIZE MY NHS 06-10-2008
GORILLA TACTICS 23-09-2008
TRAINING FOR THE FUTURE 01-09-2008
SHIP SHAPE AND MILITARY FASHION 15-07-2008
BRADSHAW’S SMEARS CONTINUE 08-07-2008
THE NHS AT 60 - "BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW" 01-07-2008
THE GUANTANAMO DOCTOR 24-06-2008
GEORGE THE GUANTANAMO GORILLA 17-06-2008
IS 42 DAYS GORDON BROWN'S POLL TAX? 13-06-2008
TIANANMEN– 19 YEARS ON 05-06-2008
BLAIR’S SORRY BRAND OF FAITH 04-06-2008
A BANK HOLIDAY TRAGEDY 27-05-2008
DOCTORS SAY ‘NON’ TO EUROPE 20-05-2008
CALLING CAMERON’S BLUFF 15-05-2008
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME 29-04-2008
CIA FORCE FEEDING HARD TO SWALLOW 23-04-2008
NO RAINBOW IN ZIMBABWE…JUST CLOUDS 15-04-2008
ID CARD ACTIVISTS POINT FINGER AT BROWN 07-04-2008
CHINA’S HUMAN RIGHTS – AND WRONGS 21-03-2008
THE LUNATICS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE NHS ASYLUM 06-03-2008
TREATING MRSA ...THE GUANTANAMO WAY 06-02-2008
MIGRANT DOCS OD ON NHS 01-02-2008
SURGEONS PRESCRIBE THE CHOP FOR SIR LIAM 15-01-2008
GUANTANAMO SIX YEARS ON - THE DIEGO DILEMMA 08-01-2007
DEATH OF THE DEATH PENALTY? 24-12-2007
GUANTANAMO PRISONERS FREE - TO GO TO PRISON 20-12-2007
A SENSE OF RELEASE 10-12-2007
“CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER SHOULD HAVE QUIT” – DAVID OWEN 05-12-2007
AN ARRESTING STORY FROM GUANTANAMO BAY 04-12-2007
THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS HAT FOR HIS WIFE - AND OTHER TRUE STORIES 21-11-2007
DOCTORS HAVE A SENSE OF RESIGNATION 15-11-2007
DOCTORS ON THE SICK 13-11-2007
DOC DAVE'S "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" 06-11-2007
AFTER ALAN JOHNSTON - MEET PRISONER 345 26-10-2007
NO NEWS IS GREAT NEWS 25-10-2007
DOC DAVE'S MATE TURNS UP TRUMP FOR AFGHANS 16-10-2007
DOCTORING THE FIGURES 10-10-2007
DOCTOR DEATH 04-10-2007
DOCTORS' WHITE COAT FALLS VICTIM TO MRSA 18-09-2007
A MEASLY PROPOSAL 12-09-2007
FRANCE'S BEST KEPT SECRET 29-08-2007
FIVE GO FREE FROM GITMO? 08-08-2007
SO YOU WANT TO BE A NEUROLOGIST? COME BACK IN 2010 01-08-2007
MMR: "CHOOSE SCIENCE OVER SCARE STORIES" 17-07-2007
DOCTORING THE TRUTH04-07-2007
WHY BLAIR'S PATSY JUMPED BEFORE SHE WAS PUSHED 29-06-2007
DYING FOR A CHANGE IN THE LAW (Part Two) 19-06-2007
OUR MATE, THE COLONEL 16-06-2007
EVERYBODY NEEDS GOOD NEIGHBOURS 09-06-2007
LETTER TO TRIPOLI 30-05-2007
TAKING LIBERTIES 26-05-2007
WHY HEWITT MAKES ME SICK 16-05-2007
ULSTER: PEACE IN OUR TIME?10-05-2007
BRUM GETS "BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE" TREATMENT 09-05-2007
EXCESS BAGGAGE 28-04-2007
THE DOCTORS' LOBBY AND THE EMPTY CHAIR 25-04-2007
SPINNING THE DOCTORS 17-04-2007
THE FORGOTTEN HOSTAGE 05-04-2007
MMC - A GAME OF THREE HALVES 03-04-2007
FROM ORANGE SUIT TO GREY SUIT 15-03-2007
"HUNDREDS OF FORMS GO MISSING" IN MEDICS JOBS ROW 09-03-2007
FAIR TRADE NHS 07-03-2007
WHO KILLED THE DOCTOR? 28-02-2007
WHERE THERE'S A WILL 20-02-2007
About David Nicholl
Dr David Nicholl, is a consultant neurologist and honorary senior lecturer at City Hospital Hospital & Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham and the University of Birmingham, England.
He spent the first 18 years of his life in Belfast, Northern Ireland and the latter 20+ years in Brum. He has been active as a human rights activist on Guantanamo as a supporter of Amnesty International, Reprieveand the Medical Foundation for Care of Victims of Torture.
His research interests are in Parkinson's disease and the genetics of neurodegenerative diseases. He enjoys teaching, running and a healthy debate - sometimes he likes to combine all of the above with intriguing results.
[P.S. please don't ask him any direct patient related questions- The Stirrer is a place for debate not patient consultations, your GP/clinic is the appropriate place for the latter]
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