Dame Jackie Daniel joined Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2018.

Dame Jackie began her career as a nurse before moving into NHS management. She has held a number of director level posts in acute, mental health and specialist Trusts, and has been a Chief Executive for the last 16 years. She is the former Chief Executive of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMB), which she joined in 2012 and led out of special measures. She was previously Chief Executive at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust and Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic District Hospital NHS Trust.

Dame Jackie was made a Dame in the 2017 Queen’s New Year’s Honours for her services to health care. She has a Masters degree in Quality Assurance in Health and Social Care, and is a qualified business and personal coach.

An Executive in Residence with Lancaster University Management School, Dame Jackie was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the 2017 top 100 most influential people in health and she was shortlisted for their CEO of the Year award.