New Year Honours 2010
Prof Michael Adrian RICHARDS
Knight Bachelor
“National Cancer Director. For services to Medicine.”
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“National Cancer Director. For services to Medicine.”
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“National Cancer Director. For services to Medicine.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 20 times in the New Year Honours List 2010 — about 2% of the list.
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164 Knight Bachelor recipients are from London.
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 Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2010
Andrew Patrick Dillon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Chief Executive, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. For services to Healthcare.”
Dr Ralph Kohn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to Science, Music and to Charity.”
Erich Arieh Reich
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Chairman, Kindertransport Group, Association of Jewish Refugees. For charitable services.”
Graham Robert Wynne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Hertfordshire
“Chief Executive, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. For services to Nature Conservation.”
His Hon Mota Singh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to the Administration of Justice, Community Relations and to the Voluntary Sector.”
Ian David Grant
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Perth and Kinross
“Lately Chairman, The Crown Estate.”
Ian Robert Mcgeechan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Rugby.”
Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London, London
“Second Permanent Secretary and Head of International Economic Affairs, Europe and G8 Sherpa, Prime Minister''s Office.”
Mark Ellis Powell Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Director, Victoria and Albert Museum. For services to the Arts.”
Michael John Marshall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Cambridgeshire
“Chairman, Marshall of Cambridge (Holdings) Ltd. For services to Business, Charity and to the community in Cambridgeshire.”
Nicholas Robert Hytner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Director, National Theatre. For services to Drama.”
Patrick Stewart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Actor. For services to Drama.”
Paul John James Britton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Kent
“Lately Director-General and Head, Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat, Cabinet Office.”
Prof John Burn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Tyne and Wear
“Professor of Clinical Genetics, Newcastle University. For services to Medicine.”
Prof John Stranger Holman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
North Yorkshire
“National Director, Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths Programme. For services to Education.”
Prof Mansel Aylward
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Merthyr Tydfil
“Chairman, Wales Centre for Health. For services to Healthcare.”
Prof Paul Anthony Mellars
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Cambridgeshire
“Professor of Prehistory and Human Evolution, University of Cambridge. For services to Scholarship.”
Prof Robert George Burgess
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Leicestershire
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester. For services to local and national Higher Education.”
Prof Salvador Moncada
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Director, Wolfson Institute of Biomedical Research, University College London. For services to Science.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Health & Social Care
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,271 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care. See the full list →
Allison White
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aycliffe, County Durham
“Founder, Great Aycliffe Cancer Support Group. For services to Supporting People with Cancer”
Caron Elaine Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Walsall, West Midlands
“Founder and Director, Common Unity. For services to Health and Wellbeing”
Richard Anthony Soan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lewes, East Sussex
“For services to Youth Cancer Treatment through Charitable Fundraising”
Claire Marie Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Birmingham Children's Trust. For services to Foster Care in Birmingham”
Lee Allen Ralph
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Yate, Gloucestershire
“Firefighter, Avon Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Resilience in the Fire and Rescue Sector”
Debra Padgett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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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Knight Bachelor · 2010
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2010). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2009.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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