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UK New Year and Birthday Honours for Nursing
237 people have received a UK honour for Nursing 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
Frances Blackburne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
“North West Regional Manager, Newbloom Healthcare Limited. For services to Nursing and Elderly Care”
Teresa Mary Gazi
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist, City Hospice, Cardiff. For services to Nursing and to Hospice Care”
Member (MBE)
Helen Whyley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pencoed, Mid Glamorgan
“Executive Director, Royal College of Nursing Wales. For services to Nursing”
Paul Stanley Daniel Trevatt
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Nursing Leader. For services to Nursing”
Kiera Louise Jones
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“Lead Nurse, Skanda Vale Hospice. For services to Nursing”
Caroline Whittaker
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“Professional Lead Nursing Midwifery and Standards Manager, Public Health Wales. For services to Nursing and Voluntary Work”
Deepa Korea
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Director, Royal College of Nursing Foundation. For services to Nursing and Midwifery”
Raymond Kendall
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newcastle, County Down
“Ward Manager, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Nursing and Healthcare for Older People”
Michelle Cox
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“Nurse and Race Equality Consultant, Michelle Cox Consultancy. For services to Nursing and Patient Outcomes”
Officer (OBE)
Rachel Anne Hollis
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ripon, North Yorkshire
“Lately Chair, Professional Nursing Committee, Royal College of Nursing and Honorary Nurse Advisor for Children's Cancer Care, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Nursing”
Ann-Marie Riley
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
West Bromwich, West Midlands
“Chief Nurse, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. For services to Nursing”
Maria McILGORM
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Larne, County Antrim
“Chief Nursing Officer. For services to Nursing and Midwifery in Northern Ireland”
Knight / Dame
Sumeshni Tranka
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
“Chief Nursing Officer, Welsh Government. For services to Nursing”
Crystal Oldman
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crowborough, East Sussex
“Lately Chief Executive, The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing. For services to Nursing”
2025
Medal / BEM
Tara Rees
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Caerphilly, Gwent
“Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. For services to Nursing”
Diane Powles
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Caldicot, Gwent
“Strategic Education Adviser, Health Education and Improvement Wales. For services to Nursing and to Education”
Carol Ann Sproule
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Castlederg, County Tyrone
“For services to Nursing and to the community in County Tyrone”
Asma Pandor
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
“Lead Admiral Nurse, Dementia UK, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Nursing”
Marion Shirley Andrews-Evans
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Chepstow, Gloucestershire
“Lately Executive Chief Nurse, NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board. For services to Nursing, Health and Care Services”
Member (MBE)
John Robert Welch
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“Nurse Consultant, Critical Care and Critical Care Outreach, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Nursing and to Patient Safety”
Heather Richardson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Devizes, Wiltshire
“Lately Director of Academic Learning and Action and Chief Executive Officer, St Christopher 's Hospice. For services to Nursing and Palliative Care”
Calvin Moorley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“Professor for Diversity and Social Justice, School of Nursing and Midwifery, London South Bank University. For services to Academia, Nursing and Nurse Education”
Elizabeth Donnelly
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Bangor, County Down
“Lead Nurse Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Nursing and Health and Social Care”
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”
Zoe Amanda Packman
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Poole, Dorset
“Deputy Director, Nursing Service Delivery, Transformation and Resilience, NHS England. For services to Nursing”
Matilda Asante-Owusu
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“Sickle Cell Community Matron, Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre, Whittington Health NHS Trust. For services to Nursing”
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”
Jacynth Althea Ivey
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Birmingham, West Midlands
“Board Member, NHS Race and Health Observatory. For services to Nursing”
Jennifer Caguioa
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“Lately International Recruitment and Ethnic Minorities Nurse Advisor, NHS England and lately Head, Global Florence Nightingale Foundation. For services to Nursing”
Officer (OBE)
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”
Ann Geraldine Gow
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
“Director, Nursing and Systems Improvement and Deputy Chief Executive, Healthcare Improvement Scotland. For services to Nursing in Scotland”
Gillian Chumbley
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“Consultant Nurse, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to Nursing”
2024
Member (MBE)
Mark Richard Foulkes
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Reading, Berkshire
“Oncology Nurse, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Nursing”
Karen Amanda Bonner
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“Chief Nurse, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to Nursing”
James Ian McLEAN
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Leicester, Leicestershire
“Deputy Chief Nurse, Programme Delivery, Health Education England. For services to Nursing”
Charity Gladstone
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Saltash, Cornwall
“Lately Matron of Cardiology and Respiratory Services, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Nursing”
Debbie Hazel Brown
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Director, Lewisham Community Education Provider Network Training Hub. For services to Nursing and the NHS”
2023
Medal / BEM
Paul Martin Reeves
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Staines-Upon-Thames, Surrey
“Head of Nursing for Education and New Roles, NHS England. For services to Nursing”
Louie Carullo Horne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Ipswich, Suffolk
“Deputy Associate Director of Nursing, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard Clinical Research Fellow. For services to Nursing”
Catherine Bailey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“Lately Nurse Director for Musculoskeletal Services, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Nursing”
Jane De Groot
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Camberley, Surrey
“School Nurse, Woldingham School, Caterham, Surrey. For services to Nursing”
Member (MBE)
Catherine Annette Shaw
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Helmsdale, Sutherland
“Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner, NHS Highland. For services to Nursing in Rural Scotland”
Gary Mitchell
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Newtownards, County Down
“Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Nursing and Dementia Care”