Birthday Honours 2021
Keith Willett
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Knight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to the NHS.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
12 June 2021
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor Keith Malcolm WILLETT C.B.E.
National Director for Emergency Planning and Incident Response, NHS England and NHS Improvement
For services to the NHS.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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 Keith Malcolm WILLETT
National Director for Acute Care NHS England and Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, University of Oxford
For services to the NHS.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2016- Region
- Oxfordshire
“For services to the NHS.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2021- Role at the time
- NHS England and NHS Improvement
- Region
- Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to the NHS.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 18 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
12 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Oxfordshire.
What organisation were they with?
NHS England and NHS Improvement.
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.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2021
Andrew Hopper
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Computer Technology.”
Andrew Pollard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Public Health, particularly during the Covid-19 Pandemic.”
Anthony Lloyd (tony Lloyd)
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For Public Service.”
Antonio Horta-osorio
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Financial Services and voluntary services to Mental Healthcare and Culture.”
Hamid Patel
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Blackburn, Lancashire
“For services to Education.”
John Aston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Statistics and Public Policymaking.”
John Kay
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Economics, to Finance and to Business.”
Jonathan Pryce
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Martin Landray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Bampton, Oxfordshire
“For services to Public Health and to Science.”
Michael Gooley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
Michael Houghton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Medicine.”
Michael Mcbride
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Public Health in Northern Ireland.”
Michael Ryan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Peter Horby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Medical Research.”
Philip Augar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Higher and Further Education Policy.”
Roger Marsh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Business, to the Economy and to the community in Northern England.”
William Adderley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Hambleton, Rutland
“For services to Charity.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Health & Social Care
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,249 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care. See the full list →
Judith Dewinter
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS.”
Crystal Oldman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Nursing.”
Stephen Greene
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Allison White
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aycliffe, County Durham
“For services to Supporting People with Cancer.”
Caron Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Walsall, West Midlands
“For services to Health and Wellbeing.”
Claire Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Birmingham.”
Lee Ralph
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Yate, Gloucestershire
“For services to Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Resilience in the Fire and Rescue Sector.”
Catherine Repton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Premature Babies and their Families.”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Wendy Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Tyrrell Evans
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Palliative Care.”
Warren Dunkley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gravesend, Kent
“For services to Mental Health Support.”
Elizabeth Slinger
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Healthcare in Myanmar.”
Matthew Wilson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Robertsbridge, East Sussex
“For services to Blood Cancer Awareness and Research.”
Helen Whyley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pencoed, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Nursing.”
Karen Weldon (karen Juggins)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
“For services to Dentistry.”
Carl Waldmann
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Reading, Berkshire
“For services to Critically Ill Patients in the NHS.”
Lucy Warner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Woking, Surrey
“For services to the NHS.”
Neil Platt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Vulnerable People and to Mental Health.”
Pamela Pattinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Leonard Pattinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Ghulam Ng
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Medical Research and Healthcare.”
Benash Nazmeen
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Charity and to Healthcare.”
Mark Major
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Kettering, Northamptonshire
“For services to Carers.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3816517. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454087. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (Oxfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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