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{{Short description|British physician}}

'''Chaand Nagpaul''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} is a British [[medical doctor|doctor]] who works as a [[general practitioner]] and is Chair of the Council of the [[British Medical Association]]. Nagpaul took over as chair from [[Mark Porter (anaesthetist)|Mark Porter]] in June 2017.

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'''Chaand Nagpaul''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} is a British [[medical doctor|doctor]] who works as a [[general practitioner]] and was Chair of the Council of the [[British Medical Association]] from 2017 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leadership at the BMA |url=https://www.bma.org.uk/about-us/about-the-bma/how-we-work/leadership-at-the-bma |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=The British Medical Association is the trade union and professional body for doctors in the UK. |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BMA elects new Chair of Council - BMA media centre - BMA |url=https://www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/bma-elects-new-chair-of-council |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=The British Medical Association is the trade union and professional body for doctors in the UK. |language=en-gb}}</ref> Nagpaul took over as chair from [[Mark Porter (anaesthetist)|Mark Porter]] in June 2017.

==Early life==

Nagpaul was born in Kenya to Indian parents, and moved to England at a young age.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/from-thatcher-to-covid|title=From Thatcher to Covid|first=Chris|last=Patterson|date=12 June 2020|website=The British Medical Association is the trade union and professional body for doctors in the UK.}}</ref> He commenced medical undergraduate studies in October 1979 at [[St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College]], qualifying with [[MBBS]] degree in 1985 with full registration with [[General Medical Council|GMC]] in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://webcache.gmc-uk.org/gmclrmp_enu/start.swe?SWECmd=GotoView&_sn=VZrwxD6uvuhLgMC1kbq8Han7AOMm00bK8cakNcZKePUR8WTn2Hjv0v22-c.n1Vw5H.APFYCXF1|title = The medical register}}</ref>

==Medical career==

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Nagpaul is a fellow of the [[Royal College of General Practitioners]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bma.org.uk/about-us/leadership/biography-chaand-nagpaul |title=About us: Leadership at the BMA: Biography Chaand Nagpaul |publisher=[[British Medical Association]] |accessdate=28 May 2017}}</ref>

The ''[[Health Service Journal]]'' included him in several features, listing him as the 25th most powerful person in the English NHS in December 2013<ref>{{cite news|title=HSJ100 2013 The annual list of the most influential people in health|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/hsj-100/|accessdate=14 December 2013|newspaper=[[Health Service Journal]] |date=11 December 2013}}</ref> and in the list of their 100 top clinical leaders in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/Journals/2014/10/21/d/h/k/Clinical-Leaders-2014.pdf |title=HSJ Clinical leaders |work=Health Service Journal |date=24 October 2014 |accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref>

He was made a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2015 Birthday Honours]] for services to primary care.<ref name="guardian Jun2015">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/12/queens-birthday-honours-list-2015-gcb-dbe-cbe |title=Queen's birthday honours list 2015: GCB, DBE and CBE |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=12 June 2015 |accessdate=13 June 2015}}</ref>

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[[Category:21st-century British medical doctors]]

[[Category:British general practitioners]]

[[Category:BritishEnglish people of South AsianIndian descent]]

[[Category:English people of Kenyan descent]]

[[Category:British people of Indo-Kenyan descent]]

[[Category:Kenyan people of Indian descent]]

[[Category:Kenyan emigrants to India]]

[[Category:Fellows of the Royal College of General Practitioners]]

[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]