NHS Trust Partner Member, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Joe Harrison joined Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) in 2013, turning around the hospital’s quality, performance and finances and overseeing the extensive expansion and development of the hospital estate. Under his leadership MKUH has gained teaching hospital status and pioneered digital advances that have transformed patient care and experience. Alongside this, Joe has delivered wide-ranging initiatives to improve the working lives of the thousands of people who work at MKUH.
Joe was appointed as the National Director for Digital Channels in January 2023, overseeing the development of the NHS App. During his time in this role, the NHS App has seen a resurgence – one in five of the population aged 13 and over now log in monthly – with the ambition that a third of all interactions with the NHS will be delivered digitally within five years.
Joe was awarded a CBE for services to healthcare in the 2025 New Year Honours.
