Joe Harrison CBE

Joe Harrison joined Milton Keynes University Hospital 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 the National Director for Digital Channels between January 2023 and August 2025, overseeing the development of the NHS App. During his time in this role, the NHS App saw a resurgence - one in four 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 is currently the Chair of the NHS Advisory Board for Procurement and Supply and is a Trustee of the NHS Confederation.

Joe was awarded a CBE for services to healthcare in the 2025 New Year Honours.