New Year Honours 2020
Caroline Palmer Yeates DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Chief Executive
“For services to Cancer Medicine.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Caroline Ann PALMER YEATES C.B.E.
Chief Executive, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and National Cancer Director, NHS England and NHS Improvement
For services to Cancer Medicine.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Surrey
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Chief Executive
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- Surrey
“For services to Cancer Medicine.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 16 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
5,249 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2020
Brian Mcleod
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Charity.”
Caroline Allen
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Diana Johnson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For charitable and political service.”
Donna Langley-shamshiri
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
“For services to Film and Entertainment.”
Gillian Guy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to the Public and Voluntary Sectors.”
Julia Unwin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Civil Society.”
Lesley Regan
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Women’s Healthcare.”
Lynn Gladden
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Academic and Industrial Research in Chemical Engineering.”
Magdalene Odundo
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Farnham, Surrey
“For services to Art and to Arts Education.”
Olivia Newton-john
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Living Abroad
“For services to Charity, to Cancer Research and to Entertainment.”
Rose Tremain
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Writing.”
Sarah Whatmore
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Oxfordshire
“For services to the Study of Environmental Policy.”
Sharon White
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For public service.”
Susan Campbell
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Leicestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Teresa Colomba Graham
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Small Businesses.”
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Others recognised for Health & Social Care
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,249 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care. See the full list →
Judith Dewinter
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS.”
Crystal Oldman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Nursing.”
Stephen Greene
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Allison White
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aycliffe, County Durham
“For services to Supporting People with Cancer.”
Caron Thompson
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Walsall, West Midlands
“For services to Health and Wellbeing.”
Claire Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Birmingham.”
Lee Ralph
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Yate, Gloucestershire
“For services to Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Resilience in the Fire and Rescue Sector.”
Catherine Repton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Premature Babies and their Families.”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Wendy Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Tyrrell Evans
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Palliative Care.”
Warren Dunkley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gravesend, Kent
“For services to Mental Health Support.”
Elizabeth Slinger
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Healthcare in Myanmar.”
Matthew Wilson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Robertsbridge, East Sussex
“For services to Blood Cancer Awareness and Research.”
Helen Whyley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pencoed, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Nursing.”
Karen Weldon (karen Juggins)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
“For services to Dentistry.”
Carl Waldmann
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Reading, Berkshire
“For services to Critically Ill Patients in the NHS.”
Lucy Warner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Woking, Surrey
“For services to the NHS.”
Neil Platt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Vulnerable People and to Mental Health.”
Pamela Pattinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Leonard Pattinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Ghulam Ng
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Medical Research and Healthcare.”
Benash Nazmeen
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Charity and to Healthcare.”
Mark Major
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Kettering, Northamptonshire
“For services to Carers.”
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Where this record comes from
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454719. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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