New Year Honours 2025
Heidi Travis OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chief Executive
“For services to Palliative, Neurological and Bereavement Care Services.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Palliative, Neurological and Bereavement Care Services.
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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 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Heidi Rebecca Elizabeth TRAVIS
lately Chief Executive, Sue Ryder
For services to Palliative, Neurological and Bereavement Care Services.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Chief Executive
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- Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Palliative, Neurological and Bereavement Care Services.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 288 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
56 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Buckinghamshire.
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.
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Crystal Oldman
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Crowborough, East Sussex
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Stephen Greene
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Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
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Allison White
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Aycliffe, County Durham
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Walsall, West Midlands
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Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Gravesend, Kent
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Matthew Wilson
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Robertsbridge, East Sussex
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Helen Whyley
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Pencoed, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Nursing.”
Karen Weldon (karen Juggins)
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Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
“For services to Dentistry.”
Carl Waldmann
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Reading, Berkshire
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Lucy Warner
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Woking, Surrey
“For services to the NHS.”
Neil Platt
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Vulnerable People and to Mental Health.”
Pamela Pattinson
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Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Leonard Pattinson
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Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Ghulam Ng
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Leicester, Leicestershire
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Benash Nazmeen
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
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Kettering, Northamptonshire
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4783060. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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