New Year Honours 2013
Simon Charles Wessely
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Military Healthcare and to Psychological Medicine.”
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Knight Bachelor
For services to Military Healthcare and to Psychological Medicine.
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“For services to Military Healthcare and to Psychological Medicine.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 2% of the list.
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 New Year Honours 2013
Bernard Hogan-Howe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Bradley Marc Wiggins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Lancashire
“For services to Cycling.”
Charles Benedict Ainslie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Cornwall
“For services to Sailing.”
Christopher Stone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
West Midlands
“For services to Education.”
David Hugh Wootton Mayor of London
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Kent
“For services to Legal Business, Charity and the City of London.”
David Neil Payne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hampshire
“For services to Photonics Research and Applications.”
David Whitlock Tanner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Rowing and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Elizabeth Fradd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Derbyshire
“For services to Cycling and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
George Thomas Berwick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Essex
“For services to Education.”
Hector William Hepburn Sants
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“For services to Financial Services and Regulation.”
Hew Francis Anthony Strachan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Lanarkshire
“For services to the Ministry of Defence.”
Hossein Yassaie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hertfordshire
“For services to Technology and Innovation.”
Ian David Diamond
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Aberdeen
“For services to Social Science and Higher Education.”
John Mark Nicholas Leighton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Edinburgh
“For services to Art.”
Keith Burnett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
South Yorkshire
“For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Kenneth Henry Grange
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Design.”
Martin Gregory Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“For charitable services to Education, the Arts and Science.”
Martin James Narey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
North Yorkshire
“For services to Vulnerable People.”
Michael Aron Heller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For charitable services.”
Nicholas Stephen Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Education.”
Peter Gerard Hendy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Somerset
“for London.”
Quentin Saxby Blake
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Illustration.”
Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
West Midlands
“for Aldridge Brownhill.”
Robert Stephen O’Brien
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Essex
“For services to Healthcare and to the community in London.”
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 · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013).
Published 29 December 2012.
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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