Health & Social Care - Birthday Honours List 2026
94 recipients recognised for this theme in this round
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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”
Neil Alexander Blanks
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Portsmouth, Hampshire
“For services to Hospital Radio in Gosport and Portsmouth”
Isabella Cameron
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Isle of Uist, Western Isles
“Head of Kitchen, Grogarry Lodge. For services to Hospitality and to the Rural Economy in South Uist”
Warren John Dunkley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gravesend, Kent
“Founder, Off the Ropes and Occupational Therapist, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Mental Health Support”
Dr Tyrrell George John Robert Evans
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Vice-President, St Christopher's Hospice. For services to Palliative Care”
Claire Elizabeth Griffiths
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Cancer Charities”
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”
Edith Joyce Leask
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lerwick, Shetland
“For services to Mental Health and Wellbeing”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Wigan Council. For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester”
Wendy Jayne Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Wigan Council. For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester”
Helen Mary Mack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“Lately Director of Income Generation, Wakefield Hospice. For services to Hospice Care”
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”
Maurice Neely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strabane, County Tyrone
“For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland”
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”
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”
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”
Caron Elaine Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Walsall, West Midlands
“Founder and Director, Common Unity. For services to Health and Wellbeing”
Allison White
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aycliffe, County Durham
“Founder, Great Aycliffe Cancer Support Group. For services to Supporting People with Cancer”
Member (MBE)
Louise Keri Wright
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pontypool, Gwent
“Senior Physiotherapy Technician, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. For services to Health and Social Care”
Helen Whyley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pencoed, Mid Glamorgan
“Executive Director, Royal College of Nursing Wales. For services to Nursing”
Karen Whittaker
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“Senior Education Lead, Institute of Health Visiting. For services to Health Visiting”
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”
Angela Tattersall
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“County President, North Yorkshire and Teesside, St John Ambulance. For voluntary services to St John Ambulance”
Paul Stanley Daniel Trevatt
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Nursing Leader. For services to Nursing”
Evelyn Elizabeth Jean Smyth
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbridge, County Down
“Medicines Management Specialist Nurse, Southern Health & Social Care Trust. For services to Health and Social Care”
Martin John Rolles
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Clinical Oncologist, Swansea Bay University Health Board. For services to Healthcare Science and Cancer”
Neil Platt
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“Clinical Director, Beacon Counselling Trust. For services to Vulnerable People and to Mental Health”
Pamela Pattinson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“Lately Foster Carer, Kirklees Council. For services to Foster Care”
Leonard Donald Pattinson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bradford, West Yorkshire
“Lately Foster Carer, Kirklees Council. For services to Foster Care”
Brian O?hagan
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newry, County Down
“For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland”
Claire Oxlade
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately Private Secretary to the UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Health and Social Care. For services to Global Health”
Ghulam Andre Ng
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“Head of Department, Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and President, British Cardiovascular Society. For services to Medical Research and Healthcare”
Benash Nazmeen
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“Co-Founder and Director, Association of South Asian Midwives. For services to Charity and to Healthcare”
Mark Vincent Major
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Kettering, Northamptonshire
“Chief Executive, Northamptonshire Carers. For services to Carers”
Simon James Lewis
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Baldock, Hertfordshire
“Medical Director, Magpas Air Ambulance. For services to Emergency Care”
Stephen Leveson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“Founder and Trustee, York Against Cancer. For services to Cancer Patients in North Yorkshire”
Diane Victoria Laverty
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Skegness, Lincolnshire
“Lately Macmillan Nurse Consultant in Palliative and End of Life Care, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. For services to Palliative Care Nursing”
Sundas Khalid
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darlington, County Durham
“Co-Founder and Director, Association of South Asian Midwives. For services to Charity and Healthcare”
Kiera Louise Jones
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“Lead Nurse, Skanda Vale Hospice. For services to Nursing”
Linda Hurst
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“Foster Carer, Liverpool Children's Social Care, Liverpool City Council. For services to Foster Care”
Maureen Greene
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“Foster Carer, Peterborough City Council. For services to Foster Care”
Stephen Greene
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“Foster Carer, Peterborough City Council. For services to Foster Care”
Arun Gupta
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Consultant in Anaesthesia and NeuroCritical Care, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Director, Cambridge Digital Health and Surgical Training Centre and Affiliated Associate Professor, University of Cambridge. For services to Medical Education”
Pamela Garbett
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“Foster Carer, Telford Children's Service, Telford and Wrekin Council. For services to Foster Care and Children with Disabilities and their Families”
John Anthony Garbett
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“Foster Carer, Telford Children's Service, Telford and Wrekin Council. For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families”
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”
Brian Heron-Edmends
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Rustington, West Sussex
“Deputy County Commissioner, St John Ambulance. For voluntary services to St John Ambulance”