New Year Honours 2011
Dr George CROOKS OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Medical Director, NHS 24 and the Scottish Ambulance Service. For services to Healthcare.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Medical Director, NHS 24 and the Scottish Ambulance Service. For services to Healthcare.
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Stirling and Falkirk
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2011- Region
- Stirling and Falkirk
“Medical Director, NHS 24 and the Scottish Ambulance Service. For services to Healthcare.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
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“Medical Director, NHS 24 and the Scottish Ambulance Service. For services to Healthcare.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 316 times in the New Year Honours List 2011 — about 23% of the list.
In their area
26 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Stirling and Falkirk.
How widely is this recognised?
4,271 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2011
Adrian Allen
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
South Yorkshire
“Commercial Director, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. For services to Industry in the Yorkshire and Humber Region.”
Adrian Coles
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Director-General, Building Societies Association. For services to the Financial Services Industry.”
Alan France
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
“For services to UK/Uzbekistan educational and cultural relations.”
Alastair Kent
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cambridgeshire
“Director, Genetic Alliance UK. For services to Healthcare”
Alexander Edward Buchan
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Refugee Action. For services to Refugees.”
Alexander Frank Downie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Isle of Man
“For public service in the Isle of Man.”
Alexander Wright Maccormick
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Suffolk
“Grade B1, Ministry of Defence.”
Alice Chapman
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Belfast
“Director, Youth Conference Service, Youth Justice Agency, Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Executive.”
Alison Hadley
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Head of Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Department for Education.”
Alison Quant
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hampshire
“President, ADEPT (Assoication of Directors of Environment, Economy Planning and Transport). For services to Local Government”
Amanda Arianwen Cecilia Cottrell
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Kent
“For services to the community in Kent.”
Andrea Arnold
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Director. For services to the Film Industry.”
Andrew Digby Emson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Nottinghamshire
“Superintendent Pharmacist, Boots The Chemist and Lately Chairman, Company Chemists' Association. For services to Healthcare.”
Andrew Hussey
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
“For services to UK/France cultural relations.”
Andrew Ian Beeforth
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cumbria
“Director, Cumbria Community Foundation. For services to the Voluntary Sector.”
Andrew James Large
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Andrew Julian Goldberg
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hertfordshire
“Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust and Founder, Medical Futures Innovation Awards. For services to Medicine.”
Andrew Mark Weston
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Bristol
“Grade B2, Ministry of Defence.”
Andrew Martin Duffell
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Aylesford, Kent
“Chief Dealer, UK Debt Management Office, HM Treasury.”
Andrew Robert Colin Stephens
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hertfordshire
“Head of International Engagement and Board Secretary, British Library. For services to Scholarship.”
Ann Bates
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
East Sussex
“Deputy Chair and Rail Group Chair, Disabled Person's Transport Advisory Committee. For services to Disabled People.”
Ann Lennox
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For services to Oxfam.”
Ann Patricia Cutcliffe
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Para Equestrian Sport.”
Anthony James Reilly
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
In the same field
Others recognised for Health & Social Care
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,271 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care. See the full list →
Allison White
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aycliffe, County Durham
“Founder, Great Aycliffe Cancer Support Group. For services to Supporting People with Cancer”
Caron Elaine Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Walsall, West Midlands
“Founder and Director, Common Unity. For services to Health and Wellbeing”
Richard Anthony Soan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lewes, East Sussex
“For services to Youth Cancer Treatment through Charitable Fundraising”
Claire Marie Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Birmingham Children's Trust. For services to Foster Care in Birmingham”
Lee Allen Ralph
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Yate, Gloucestershire
“Firefighter, Avon Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Resilience in the Fire and Rescue Sector”
Debra Padgett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
“Pathology Network Operational Lead and Clinical Pathology Lead, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. 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
“Victorian Garden Manager, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Health and Social Care and to the Community and Voluntary Sector”
Jenny Ann McBRIEN
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, County Borough of Belfast
“Patient Advocate. For services to Women Living with Breast Cancer”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Wigan Council. For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester”
Wendy Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Wigan Council. For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester”
Edith Joyce Leask
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lerwick, Shetland
“For services to Mental Health and Wellbeing”
Helen Mack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“Lately Director of Income Generation, Wakefield Hospice. For services to Hospice Care”
Carmen Soraya Kelly
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barry, South Glamorgan
“For services to Young People, to Cancer and Health Awareness and to Social Cohesion”
Jason John Kinghorn
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
“Staff Officer, Royal Air Force Career Fields. For services to Royal Air Force Career Management”
Leanne Johanna Howlett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Warwick, Warwickshire
“Expert by Experience and Specialist Perinatal Psychiatric Nurse, Institute of Health Visiting. For services to Health Visiting”
Alan John Hiatt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cwmbran, Gwent
“Mental Health and Learning Difficulties Volunteer. For services to Ty Siriol and Hafan Deg Wards, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board”
Christopher Groombridge
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire
“Chair, Teeth Team. For services to Child Dental Health Improvement”
Claire Elizabeth Griffiths
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Cancer Charities”
Paul John Gates
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rayleigh, Essex
“Vice-Chair, British Association for Immediate Care. For services to Pre-Hospital Critical Care”
Susan Garner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Volunteer Facilitator, Carers in Mind, Richmond Borough Mind. For services to Mental Health Carers in South West London”
Tyrrell George John Robert Evans
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Vice-President, St Christopher's Hospice. For services to Palliative Care”
Warren Dunkley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gravesend, Kent
“Founder, Off the Ropes and Occupational Therapist, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Mental Health Support”
Francis Peter Cusack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Musselburgh, East Lothian
“For services to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗ · View the page ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2011).
Published 30 December 2010.
Retrieved from the London Gazette on 3 July 2026.
Location (Stirling and Falkirk) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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