Birthday Honours 2015
Una O’brien DB
Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DB)
lately Permanent Secretary
“For public service, particularly to Healthcare.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DB)
For public service, particularly to Healthcare.
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Order of the Bath
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2015
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 Honourable Order of the Bath:
D.C.B.
To be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Dame Commander, of the said Most Honourable Order:
Ms Una O’BRIEN C.B.
Permanent Secretary, Department of Health
For public service, particularly to Healthcare.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- lately Permanent Secretary
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“For public service, particularly to Healthcare.”
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The Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath was awarded 1 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015.
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Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2347510. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 13 June 2015.
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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