Birthday Honours 2015
John Laing Duncan OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. For services to Healthcare in the North of Scotland.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. For services to Healthcare in the North of Scotland.
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Inverness-shire
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“Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. For services to Healthcare in the North of Scotland.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. For services to Healthcare in the North of Scotland.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 293 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 20% 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.
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Castlewellan, County Down
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Steven Lowe
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Wendy Lowe
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Edith Leask
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Helen Mack
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Leanne Howlett
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 15 June 2015.
Location (Inverness-shire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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