Danny Mortimer

Danny Mortimer

Chief Executive, NHS Employers, Deputy Chief Executive, NHS Confederation

Danny is the deputy chief executive of the NHS Confederation and chief executive of NHS Employers. He has been chief executive of NHS Employers since November 2014, leading work relating to workforce policy and practice.

Danny first worked in healthcare as a porter and a CSV care assistant before becoming a management trainee in Stoke-on-Trent. He worked in the NHS in Bath and Brighton before taking up his first director post in West Sussex. He then worked in executive roles in hospitals in Hertfordshire and Nottingham before joining NHS Employers.

Danny is a Chartered Companion of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a Trustee of both NHS Charities Together and the NHS Retirement Fellowship and chairs the Cavendish Coalition of social care and health organisations.

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Contributions

Danny Mortimer
NHS Voices blogs

An NHS workforce plan that is fit for the future is needed to give staff hope

With pressures and understaffing leading to increased strain on the NHS, there is now high demand for support, investments and a clear workforce plan.

14 March 2022
News

Time is now to help NHS staff get back on track

The NHS Confederation has responded to the IPPR report, "Recover, Reward, Renew".

31 March 2021
Danny Mortimer
NHS Voices blogs

Looking after our leaders

Leaders must watch out for their own wellbeing as well as that of others.

5 October 2020
Danny Mortimer
NHS Voices blogs

Capturing the lightbulb moment before it flickers out

Looking towards a future health and care system, has given us all a fresh perspective on what regulatory architecture we need in place. 

1 September 2020
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