Birthday Honours 2019
Melanie Walker MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chief Executive
“For services to Mental Health and Learning Disabilities in the NHS.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Mental Health and Learning Disabilities in the NHS.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
8 June 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Melanie Jane WALKER
Chief Executive, Devon Partnership NHS Trust and Chair, Space
For services to Mental Health and Learning Disabilities in the NHS.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Devon
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- Chief Executive
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- Devon
“For services to Mental Health and Learning Disabilities in the NHS.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 498 times in the Birthday Honours List 2019 — about 37% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
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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Belper, Derbyshire
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Debra Padgett
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
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Strabane, County Tyrone
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Clare Mccawley
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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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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Lerwick, Shetland
“For services to Mental Health and Wellbeing.”
Helen Mack
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Leanne Howlett
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3295133. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
Location (Devon) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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