New Year Honours 2009
Melanie HENWOOD OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Vice Chair, General Social Care Council and Chair GSCC Regulation Committee. For services to Social Care.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Vice Chair, General Social Care Council and Chair GSCC Regulation Committee. For services to Social Care.
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“Vice Chair, General Social Care Council and Chair GSCC Regulation Committee. For services to Social Care.”
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“Vice Chair, General Social Care Council and Chair GSCC Regulation Committee. For services to Social Care.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 232 times in the New Year Honours List 2009 — about 24% of the list.
In their area
49 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Northamptonshire.
How widely is this recognised?
4,271 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2009
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Dorset
“Lately Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.”
Adam Suddaby
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Leicestershire
“Vice-Principal, Leicester College. For services to local and national Further Education.”
Adrian Oswald Wynn Cave
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
London
“For services to the community in Ealing, London.”
Aileen Mcglynn
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Glasgow
“Cyclist. For services to Disabled Sport.”
Alan Edward Deighton
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
London
“Lately Safety Advice Manager, Department for Transport.”
Alexander Stephen
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Dundee
“Chief Executive, Dundee City Council. For services to Local Government.”
Andrew Charles Hutchinson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Cambridgeshire
“Executive Principal, Parkside Federation, Cambridgeshire. For services to Education.”
Anis Rahman
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Middlesex
“For voluntary service to Bangladeshi People.”
Ann Irene Duddy
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Londonderry
“Director of Nursing, Altnagelvin Hospital Trust. For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland and Overseas.”
Arnold Roy Vandermeer
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Hertfordshire
“For voluntary service to the community in Hertfordshire.”
Asha Khemka
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Staffordshire
“Principal and Chief Executive, West Nottinghamshire College. For services to Further Education.”
Ben Jeffrey Peter Summerskill
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
London
“For services to Equality and Diversity.”
Bernard Lewis
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Buckinghamshire
“For charitable services.”
Boni Patricia Sones
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Broadcasting and to the Public Relations Industry.”
Brian Mccargo
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Belfast
“For services to Sport and to the Special Olympics in Northern Ireland.”
Brian Richard Calvert Kemp
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Gloucestershire
“For services to International Trade in the South West.”
Brian Wentworth Sinnamon
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Antrim
“Business Manager, Judicial Services Group, Northern Ireland Court Service, Ministry of Justice. For public and voluntary service.”
Brig Peter Neil Ralli Stewart-Richardson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Norfolk
“For services to Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan and to the Army Benevolent Fund in Norfolk.”
Brigadier John Hemsley
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Somerset
“For voluntary service to the St John Ambulance Brigade and to the community in Somerset.”
Captain Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
West Sussex
“Chairman, St Dunstan''s. For voluntary service to Visually Impaired Ex-Servicemen and Women.”
Carl Henry Lis
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Lancashire
“For services to the community in the Yorkshire Dales.”
Carole Eniffer
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
London
“Policy Adviser, Violent Crime Unit, Crime and Drug Strategy Directorate, Home Office.”
Carole Snee
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
“For services to Urban Regeneration in East London.”
Caroline Elizabeth Breakey
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Armagh
“For services to Rural and Community Development in Northern Ireland.”
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Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,271 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care. See the full list →
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Lee Allen Ralph
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Yate, Gloucestershire
“Firefighter, Avon Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Resilience in the Fire and Rescue Sector”
Debra Padgett
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
“Pathology Network Operational Lead and Clinical Pathology Lead, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Biomedical Science in the NHS”
Maurice Neely
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Strabane, County Tyrone
“For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland”
Clare McCAWLEY
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Castlewellan, County Down
“Victorian Garden Manager, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Health and Social Care and to the Community and Voluntary Sector”
Jenny Ann McBRIEN
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, County Borough of Belfast
“Patient Advocate. For services to Women Living with Breast Cancer”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Wigan Council. For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester”
Wendy Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Wigan Council. For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester”
Edith Joyce Leask
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lerwick, Shetland
“For services to Mental Health and Wellbeing”
Helen Mack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“Lately Director of Income Generation, Wakefield Hospice. For services to Hospice Care”
Carmen Soraya Kelly
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barry, South Glamorgan
“For services to Young People, to Cancer and Health Awareness and to Social Cohesion”
Jason John Kinghorn
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
“Staff Officer, Royal Air Force Career Fields. For services to Royal Air Force Career Management”
Leanne Johanna Howlett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Warwick, Warwickshire
“Expert by Experience and Specialist Perinatal Psychiatric Nurse, Institute of Health Visiting. For services to Health Visiting”
Alan John Hiatt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cwmbran, Gwent
“Mental Health and Learning Difficulties Volunteer. For services to Ty Siriol and Hafan Deg Wards, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board”
Christopher Groombridge
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire
“Chair, Teeth Team. For services to Child Dental Health Improvement”
Claire Elizabeth Griffiths
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Cancer Charities”
Paul John Gates
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rayleigh, Essex
“Vice-Chair, British Association for Immediate Care. For services to Pre-Hospital Critical Care”
Susan Garner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Volunteer Facilitator, Carers in Mind, Richmond Borough Mind. For services to Mental Health Carers in South West London”
Tyrrell George John Robert Evans
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Vice-President, St Christopher's Hospice. For services to Palliative Care”
Warren Dunkley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gravesend, Kent
“Founder, Off the Ropes and Occupational Therapist, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Mental Health Support”
Francis Peter Cusack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Musselburgh, East Lothian
“For services to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2008.
Location (Northamptonshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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