
New Year Honours 2023
Helen Sweetland MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Patient Care and Medical Education.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Patient Care and Medical Education.
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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 2022
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Helen Margaret SWEETLAND
Clinical Professor, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
For services to Patient Care and Medical Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Patient Care and Medical Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 546 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 37% of the list.
In their area
94 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from South Glamorgan.
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.
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“For services to Health and Wellbeing.”
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Belper, Derbyshire
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Steven Lowe
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Edith Leask
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Lerwick, Shetland
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Warwick, Warwickshire
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4247274. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
Location (Cardiff, South Glamorgan) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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