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UK New Year and Birthday Honours for NHS
286 people have received a UK honour for NHS in the Birthday and New Year Honours of King Charles III and, before him, the late Queen Elizabeth II. Read the official citation behind each award, and search or filter the recipients below.
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2026
Medal / BEM
Jacqueline Whitnell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“Nurse, Lime Tree Primary Care Practice. For services to the NHS and to Higher Education”
Simon John Walsh
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nelson, Lancashire
“Procurement Director and Joint Greater Manchester Procurement Lead, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS and Charity”
Glynis Smith Macleod
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kirkwall, Orkney
“Lately Medical Secretary, NHS Orkney. For services to the NHS and to the community in Orkney”
Debra Jayne 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”
Member (MBE)
Carl Samuel Waldmann
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Reading, Berkshire
“Lately Director, Intensive Care Unit, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Critically Ill Patients in the NHS”
Lucy Warner
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Woking, Surrey
“Chief Executive, NHS Practitioner Health Service. For services to the NHS”
Sara Jane Barr-Frost
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“Deputy Chief Nursing and Allied Health Professionals Officer, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and lately Director of Nursing and Allied Health Professionals, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS”
Kulwant Sehmi
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately Departmental Head, Imaging Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS and to Diagnostic Ophthalmic Imaging”
Lynsey Russell
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Galashiels, Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
“Senior Charge Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, Borders General Hospital, NHS Borders. For services to the NHS”
Michael Marsh
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Lyndhurst, Hampshire
“Lately South West Regional Medical Director, NHS England. For services to the NHS”
Catherine Lackie
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Lately Receptionist and Clerical Assistant, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People. For services to the NHS in Scotland”
Lynne Jeannette Hunt
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Lately Chair, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS”
Judith Frances Dewinter
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chair, Royal Free Charity. For services to the NHS”
Raja Biswas
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“Consultant Physician in Care of the Elderly, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. For services to the NHS in Wales”
Mary Patricia Bennett
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“Chief Executive Officer, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS”
Dominique Fara Allwood
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately Chief Medical Officer, UCLPartners and Director of Population Health, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to the NHS”
Timothy Roy Allison
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“Director of Public Health, NHS Highland. For services to the NHS in Scotland”
Officer (OBE)
Niall Gerald James Keenan
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Divisional Director for Medicine Services, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS”
Peter David Clark
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“Lately Board Vice-Chair, NHS Highland. For services to the NHS”
Scarlett Armorel McNALLY
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and Deputy Director, Centre for Perioperative Care. For services to Medicine, Surgery and the NHS”
Alan Keith Fletcher
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“Lately National Medical Examiner for England and Wales, NHS England. For services to the NHS”
Saffron Cordery
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Basingstoke, Hampshire
“Lately Deputy Chief Executive Officer, NHS Providers. For services to the NHS”
John George Burns
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland. For services to the NHS in Scotland”
Commander (CBE)
Timothy Robin Orchard
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Professor of Gastroenterology, Imperial College London. For services to the NHS and Healthcare Research and Innovation”
Anne Eden
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Amersham, Buckinghamshire
“Regional Director for South East, NHS England. For services to the NHS”
Dominic Dodd
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately Chair, UCLPartners. For services to the NHS”
Samantha Jane Allen
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Morpeth, Northumberland
“Chief Executive, NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board. For services to the NHS”
Mary Catherine Hutton
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stroud, Gloucestershire
“Lately Chief Executive, NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board. For services to the NHS and to Community Wellbeing”
Kathrine Cowell
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wilmslow, Cheshire
“Chair, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS”
Knight / Dame
Glen Warren Burley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Warwick, Warwickshire
“Chief Executive, The Foundation Group and Deputy Chief Executive, NHS England. For services to the NHS”
Amanda Kate Pritchard
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately Chief Executive, NHS England. For services to the NHS”
2025
Medal / BEM
Moira Helen Sinclair
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Kirkwall, Orkney
“Clinical Nurse Manager, Acute Services NHS Orkney. For services to the NHS in Orkney”
Peter Paul Mayer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Birmingham, West Midlands
“Lately Public Governor, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS”
Suzanne Ruggles
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
West Byfleet, Surrey
“Founder and Chief Executive, Full Circle Fund Therapies. For services to Patients and Carers in the NHS”
Stephen Robert Merridew
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan
“Specialist Training Manager, Medical Biochemistry, Swansea Bay University Health Board. For services to the NHS”
Margaret Clark
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Stevenston, Ayrshire and Arran
“Emergency Laparotomy Nurse Specialist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. For services to the NHS in Scotland”
Member (MBE)
Philip Storr
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Selby, North Yorkshire
“Deputy Director, NHS Resilience, NHS England. For services to the NHS”
Tracey Sandom
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Amlwch, Gwynedd
“Lately Chair, British Association of Dental Therapists. For services to Dental Therapy and to the NHS in Wales”
James Graham Hatchley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Alresford, Hampshire
“Lately Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Director, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Fundraising in the NHS”
Russell Stephen Mons Hardy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Warwick, Warwickshire
“Chair, Foundation Group. For services to the NHS and to Charity”
Julie Dawes
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Romsey, Hampshire
“Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Executive, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Nursing and the NHS”
Kathryn Margaret Thomson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Wirral, Merseyside
“Lately Chief Executive, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS”
Edwin Charinge Ndlovu
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Ashford, Kent
“Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, East London NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS and to Nursing”
Officer (OBE)
Michael Prentice
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Chester le Street, County Durham
“National Director for NHS Resilience, NHS England. For services to the NHS”
Marion Dickson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
“Executive Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals, and Executive Director for Surgery and Community Services, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS”
Avinderjit Bhatia
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
“Chief Nurse, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS and Nursing”
Robert Alexander
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Leadership in the NHS”
Susan Jacques
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
“Chief Executive, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS”