Birthday Honours 2011
Kent Linton Woods
Knight Bachelor
Chief Executive • Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Organisation: Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
“For services to Healthcare.”
Timeline
Recognised for
Topics
London Gazette page
Knight Bachelor · 2011
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Location
Leicestershire
In context
Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2011- Role at the time
- Chief Executive, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
- Region
- Leicestershire
“For services to Healthcare.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 21 times in the Birthday Honours List 2011 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.
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 2011
Anthony Gerard Hawkhead
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
West Midlands
Brian Souter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Perth and Kinross
“For services to Transport and to the Voluntary Sector.”
Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Surrey
“For services to Entertainment and to Charity.”
Christopher Anthony Woodhead
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Shropshire
“For services to Education.”
David Hartmann Higgins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
Chief Executive
Edward Julian Lister
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“For services to Local Government.”
Frank Chapman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Surrey
“For services to the Oil and Gas Industries.”
George William Buckley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
“For services to industry.”
Graham Robert Watson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Somerset
“For public and political services.”
Henry Burns
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Renfrewshire
“for Scotland, Henry Cecil, Trainer.”
Hugh Reginald Brentnall Pelham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Science.”
John Wilfred Peace
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Nottinghamshire
“For services to Business and to the Voluntary Sector.”
Joseph Alan Meale
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Nottinghamshire
“For public and political services.”
Mark Edward Welland
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cambridgeshire
Chief Scientific Adviser
Paul Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cardiff
Peter Austin Simpson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Northamptonshire
“For services to Education.”
Peter John Gregson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Belfast
Robert Geoffrey Edwards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cambridgeshire
Roger Michael Boyle
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Surrey
“for Heart Disease and Stroke.”
Steven Murray Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Devon
“For services to local and national Higher Education.”
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 · 2011
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2011).
Published 11 June 2011.
Location (Leicestershire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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