New Year Honours 2017
Caroline Watkins DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to Nursing and Older People’s Care.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to Nursing and Older People’s Care.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2016
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:
Professor Caroline Leigh WATKINS
Professor of Stroke and Older People’s Care, College of Health and Wellbeing, University of Central Lancashire.
For services to Nursing and Older People’s Care.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Merseyside
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“For services to Nursing and Older People’s Care.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 11 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 1% of the list.
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 2017
Amanda Fisher
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Medical Research and the Public Understanding of Science.”
Anna Wintour
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
“For services to fashion and journalism.”
Elizabeth Anionwu
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Nursing and the Mary Seacole Statue Appeal.”
Helen Fraser
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Education.”
Henrietta Miriam Ottoline Day
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
“For services to Plant Science, Science in Society and Equality and Diversity in Science.”
Inga Beale
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to the Economy.”
Jessica Ennis
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
South Yorkshire
“For services to Athletics.”
Katherine Grainger
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Berkshire
“For services to Sport and charity.”
Katherine Routledge
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
West Sussex
“For services to Theatre and charity.”
Vera Baird
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Tyne and Wear
“For services to Women and Equality.”
In the same field
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
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2026
“For services to Global Health.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Judith Dewinter
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS.”
Jill Belch
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Scone, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Medicine and Public Health.”
Meena Upadhyaya
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Community Cohesion in Wales and to Medical Genetics.”
Crystal Oldman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2673607. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
Location (Merseyside) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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