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Queen’s Birthday Honours 2016: health and social care services
The achievements of people throughout the health and social care sector have been recognised in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
People from across the health and care community have been acknowledged for their service in the latest Queen’s Birthday Honours awards.
Knights Bachelor: Knighthoods
| Awardee | Job title | For services to… |
|---|---|---|
| Professor John Stanley Strang | Professor in the Psychiatry of the Addictions and Director, National Addiction Centre, King’s College London. | Medicine, addictions and public health. |
| Professor Douglas Matthew Turnbull | Professor of Neurology, Newcastle University. | Healthcare research and treatment, particularly mitochondrial disease. |
Order of the Bath: Companions of the Order of the Bath
| Awardee | Job title | For services to… |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Yvonne Gabrielle Doyle | Director For London, Public Health England. | Public health. |
Order of the British Empire: Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
| Awardee | Job title | For services to… |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Cheryll Mary Adams | Founding Director, Institute of Health Visiting. | Health visiting. |
| Professor Martin Gore | Consultant Cancer Physician and Medical Director, Royal Marsden Hospital. | Oncology. |
| Professor Peter Johnson | Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Southampton. | Medicine and higher education. |
| Catherine Elizabeth Johnstone | Lately Chief Executive, Samaritans. | Suicide prevention. |
| Professor Peter McGuffin | Clinical Psychiatrist, King’s College London. | Biomedical research and psychiatric genetics. |
| Professor Ann Patricia Moore | Lately Head, Centre for Health Research and Professor of Physiotherapy, University of Brighton. | Physiotherapy. |
| David Charles Pearson | Corporate Director, Adult Social Care, Health and Public Protection, Nottinghamshire County Council. | Adult social care. |
| Jane Rintoul | Deputy Director, Department of Health. | Health and care. |
| Professor Jane Sandall | Professor of Women’s Health, King’s College London. | Midwifery and women’s health. |
| Penelope Jane Snell | Vice President, National Gardens Scheme. | The voluntary sector supporting nursing and healthcare. |
| Bridget Warr | Chief Executive, United Kingdom Home Care Association. | Social care and the voluntary sector. |
| Michael Anthony Wilson | Chief Executive, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. | The NHS. |
Order of the British Empire: Officers of the Order of the British Empire
| Awardee | Job title | For services to… |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Alan Matthew Borthwick | Chair, Medicines Committee, College of Podiatry. | Health and health research. |
| Professor Ivan Eisler | Professor of Family Psychology and Family Therapy, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. | Family therapy. |
| Richard Mark Evans | Chief Executive Officer, Society and College of Radiographers. | Radiography. |
| Professor Celia Moss | Consultant in Paediatric Dermatology, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. | Paediatric dermatology. |
| Gweneth Jean Moulster | Co-chair, UK Nurse Consultants in Learning Disability Network. | Nursing and people with learning disabilities. |
| Stephen Michael Mycio | Chair, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. | Voluntary and charitable services to health and wellbeing in Manchester. |
| Professor Ian Gerrard Peate | Visiting Professor, St George’s, University of London and Kingston University and Head of School of Health Studies, Gibraltar. | Nursing and nurse education. |
| (Trevor) John Pelly | Lately Chief Executive, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. | The NHS. |
| Bhanu Ramaswamy | Independent Physiotherapy Consultant. | Physiotherapy. |
| Professor Deborah Janette Sharp | Professor of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol. | Primary care. |
| Dr David Shiers | Clinical Adviser, National Audit of Schizophrenia. | Vulnerable people. |
| Pauline Watts | Head Nurse, Quality, Mental Health, Learning Disability and Dementia, Public Health England. | Nursing and health visiting. |
| Dr Ingrid Wolfe (Ingrid Horton) | Director, Evelina London Child Health Programme. | Child health and care. |
Order of the British Empire: Members of the Order of the British Empire
| Awardee | Job title | For services to… |
|---|---|---|
| Deborah Alsina-Anderson | Chief Executive, Bowel Cancer UK. | Bowel cancer patients. |
| Stephen Robert Cannon | Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Chair, Skeletal Cancer Action Trust. | Orthopaedics. |
| Professor Angela Douglas | Scientific Director, Regional Genetics Laboratory Services. | Research and student mentoring. |
| Professor Vari Macdougal Drennan | Professor of Healthcare and Policy Research, Kingston University and St George’s University of London. | Health policy research, development and nursing. |
| Helen Christine Falcon | Lead Postgraduate Dental Dean for England. | Dental education. |
| Rosemary Gallagher | Professional Lead for Infection Prevention and Control, Royal College of Nursing. | Nursing, infection prevention and control. |
| Stephen Michael Harris | Ambulance Motorcycle Paramedic, West Midlands Ambulance Service. | Emergency care and voluntary service to the community in the West Midlands. |
| June Cynthia Hennell | Dementia campaigner. | Dementia care and dementia awareness. |
| Dr Peter Adrian Hindley | Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Paediatric Liaison, St Thomas’s Hospital. | Children and young people’s mental health. |
| Dr Miranda Clare Elizabeth Lomer | Consultant Gastroenterology Dietitian, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. | Dietetics and gastroenterology. |
| Dr Helen Margaret McKendrick | General Practitioner and Founding Partner, Vauxhall Primary Health Care Practice, Liverpool. | General practice. |
| Fiona Doune Murphy | Assistant Director of Bereavement and Organ Donation, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. | Nursing, bereavement services and organ donation. |
| Dr Oladapo Adetokunbo Odumeru | Regional Quality Assurance Manager, NHS Blood and Transplant. | Black and minority ethnic blood donation communities. |
| Christian Raphael | - | For services to people with complex and severe disabilities in the East of England. |
| Mohammed Akhlak Rauf | Manager, Meri Yaadain (My Memories) Dementia Team, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. | People with dementia and their carers. |
| Dr Clifford Richards | Lately GP Adviser and Clinical Lead, Cheshire and Merseyside. | Healthcare. |
| Janet Elizabeth Rogers | Member, Expert Reference Group on the Revision of the Mental Health Act Code of Practice. | Mental health. |
| Emma Elizabeth Wylie Samuelson (Emma Samms) | Co-founder, Starlight Children’s Foundation. | Seriously and terminally ill children. |
| Dr Margaret Anne Talbot | General Practitioner, Greater Manchester. | General practice. |
| Dr Peter Nicholas Trewby | Consultant Physician in General Medicine and Gastroenterology, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. | Medicine and medical education. |
| Francis Edward Ursell | Chief Executive Officer, Registered Nursing Home Association. | The provision of care services. |
Order of the British Empire: Medallist of the Order of the British Empire
| Awardee | Job title | For services to… |
|---|---|---|
| Dawn Nova Clements | - | Promoting polio immunisation. |
| Judith Dewinter | Chair, Myeloma UK. | Charitable and voluntary services to cancer research. |
| Lynne Jankowska | Expert by Experience, Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust. | Care quality in mental health services. |
| Lesley Rowe | Manager, Kingsgate Resource Centre for Older People. | Older people in Camden. |
| Theresa Jane Wright | - | Charitable services to Gosset Ward, Special Care Baby Unit, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. |
Queens Ambulance Medal
| Awardee | Job title |
|---|---|
| Alan Baranowski | Associate Director Operations, Patient Transport Service, Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. |
| Carl Edward Keeble | Community Paramedic, East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust. |
| Jonathan Beausire | Chief Ambulance Officer, Guernsey Ambulance Service. |
| Chris Sims | Head of Service, Resilience and Specialist Operations, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust. |
| Richard Lee | Head of Clinical Services, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust. |
| John Wright | Assistant Director of Operations, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service HSC Trust. |
Looking for the latest Honours recipients? See the 2016 Birthday Honours list