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?
4,501 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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
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“For services to Charity.”
Caroline Allen
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Diana Johnson
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“For charitable and political service.”
Donna Langley-shamshiri
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“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.”
Olivia Newton-john
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Living Abroad
“For services to Charity, to Cancer Research and to Entertainment.”
Prof Lynn Faith Gladden
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
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“For services to Academic and Industrial Research in Chemical Engineering.”
Prof Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo
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Farnham, Surrey
“For services to Art and to Arts Education.”
Rose Tremain
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Writing.”
Sarah Whatmore
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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
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Leicestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Teresa Colomba Graham
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London, Greater London
“For services to Small Businesses.”
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Others recognised for Health & Social Care
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,501 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care. See the full list →
Professor David Mabey
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“For services to Global Health.”
Jonathan Davies
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Judith Dewinter
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London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS.”
Jill Belch
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Scone, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Medicine and Public Health.”
Meena Upadhyaya
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Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Community Cohesion in Wales and to Medical Genetics.”
Crystal Oldman
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Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Nursing.”
Carol Brayne
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Medicine, Medical Research and Public Health.”
Andrew Morris
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Perth, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Medical Sciences, to Public Health and to Patient Care.”
Suzanne Rastrick
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to the Allied Health Professions and to the Social Housing Sector.”
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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.”
Debra Padgett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Biomedical Science in the NHS.”
Maurice Neely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strabane, County Tyrone
“For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland.”
Clare Mccawley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Castlewellan, County Down
“For services to Health and Social Care and to the Community and Voluntary Sector.”
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.”
Edith Leask
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lerwick, Shetland
“For services to Mental Health and Wellbeing.”
Helen Mack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Hospice Care.”
Leanne Howlett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Warwick, Warwickshire
“For services to Health Visiting.”
Claire Griffiths
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Cancer Charities.”
Source & provenance
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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