New Year Honours 2016
Karen Luker CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Dean • School of Nursing
Organisation: School of Nursing
“For services to Nursing and Midwifery.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2015
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Karen Anne LUKER
lately Dean, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester
For services to Nursing and Midwifery.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Somerset
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2016- Role at the time
- Dean, School of Nursing
- Region
- Somerset
“For services to Nursing and Midwifery.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 119 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 8% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Dean, School of Nursing.
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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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454033. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (Somerset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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