Sir Michael Deegan,, known as Mike Deegan, has been Chief Executive of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and its various predecessors since 2001.[1]
He was reckoned by the Health Service Journal to be the 54th most influential person in the English NHS in 2015.[2] In August 2022 he announced his retirement.[3]
He was previously chief executive at Warrington Hospital and North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Birthday Honours[4] and knighted in the 2014 Birthday Honours.[5]