Healthcare Morgan's career has been mainly in healthcare, both in medicine and management, and includes a period as Chief Executive of North and East Devon Health Authority. She has worked as a doctor in
hospitals, in
general practice and in
public health medicine, working both as a consultant and as the Director of Public Health for
Leicestershire. She is a Fellow of the
Royal College of Physicians and the
Faculty of Public Health and a member of the
Royal College of General Practitioners. She was President of the Institute of Health Services Management in 1997–98 and is a past President of the
International Hospital Federation. At the turn of the century, Morgan was chief executive of the North & East
Devon Health Authority, based in
Exeter where her husband taught at
Exeter School. She was chief executive of the
NHS Confederation from 2002 to 2008, chair of
NHS Providers from 2014 to December 2019, and since January 2020 is the independent chair of the One Gloucestershire
integrated care system. While working in healthcare, Morgan served on a number of national committees and working groups and was a member of the NHS Stakeholder Forum. She was one of the three members of the review team led by Sir
Jeremy Beecham, set up in 2006 to advise the
Welsh Assembly Government on the reform of public services in Wales. She was made a
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 2004 and was awarded
Honorary Doctor of Science by The
City University, London, in May 2006.
Welsh Assembly Government Morgan was appointed as
Permanent Secretary (head of the civil service) to the
Welsh Assembly Government on 1 May 2008. She retired from the post in August 2012. ==Offices held==