Jackie Daniel

Dame Jacqueline Lesley Daniel, normally known as Jackie Daniel, is a British health care administrator and NHS manager.

She started her career as a nurse and has been Chief Executive at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, where she is credited with helping it to recover from a high-profile maternity care scandal Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from March 2018 until 2023.

Daniel has a master's degree in Quality Assurance in Health and Social Care, and she is a qualified business and personal coach. She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2018 New Year Honours

Daniel's total benefits including salary (for 2019/20) received from the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was in the band £280-285k.

In April 2022 she was appointed vice-chair of the NHS Confederation.

She was one of the founders, and the initial join vice chair, of the Dames Commander Society, which was launched in 2024.