Dame Jackie Daniel North East business leaders heard first-hand accounts of how the NHS in Newcastle tackled the challenges of Covid and the lessons learnt from the rapidly-evolving crisis. Dame Jackie Daniel, chief executive, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, who began her career as a nurse almost 40 years ago, set the context for the response to the North East England Chamber of Commerce members. She said: “We have 16,000 staff in our Trust and a strong reputation for excellence in our clinical and care treatment which was of huge importance in treating our Covid patients. The support we received from the business community, and people in our region, was also tremendous and so much appreciated at such difficult times.