New Year's Honours List 2019
At the end of the year which saw the 70th birthday of the National Health Service I was delighted to see that so many people who have worked hard in our NHS have been honoured in the 2019 New Year's Honours list.
Fifteen leading nurses, an array of doctors, dentists, physiotherapists and other health professionals, and those who led the response to terror attacks and major incidents were among those honoured.
The awards include OBEs for Dr Malik Ramadhan, who was in charge of the A&E at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel on the night of the London Bridge terror attack; Paul Woodrow, who as Director of Operations for the London Ambulance Service also played a leading role in ensuring victims of the attacks in London and Grenfell fire received swift care; and Colin Kelsey, who led the NHS response to the Manchester Arena bombing.
Peter Boorman, who as lead for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) for NHS England in London helped coordinate the NHS’s response to the terrorist attacks on Westminster and London Bridge, the Grenfell fire, the Croydon tram crash and the Wannacry cyber-attack is also awarded an OBE.
England’s outgoing chief nurse, Professor Jane Cummings, was one of the many receiving awards from a nursing background, receiving a CBE for her contribution to the NHS over the course of her career.
Kate Davies, the NHS’s lead on care for armed forces veterans and victims of sexual assault, has also received recognition for her work to improve services for some of the most vulnerable groups, while the NHS’s national leaders on mental health care, diabetes and obesity, heart disease and innovation will join her in being invited to Buckingham Palace to be invested with honours over the coming months.
Awards to people here in the North West included:
CBE's for Sean Anstee, former Leader of Trafford Council, for services to Local Government and for Edwin Booth, for services to Business and to charity..
OBEs for Helen Bingley, for voluntary service in the UK and Abroad; Hilary Craft, founder and chair of Action Against Cancer, for services to Fundraising and to Research into Cancer Diagnostics and Treatments; Michael Hamilton, founder and chief executive officer, Commando Joe's, for services to Young People; Christopher Harrop, for services to the Prevention of Modern Slavery and Exploitation; Mary Isherwood, Headteacher, Camberwell Park School, Manchester, for services to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs; Patricia Kane, executive headteacher, The Education and Leadership Trust, for services to Education; Colin Kelsey, head of Emergency Planning Resilience and Response, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, for services to the community in Manchester; Superintendent Umer Khan, Greater Manchester Police, for services to Policing and to Community Cohesion; and for Aamer Naeem, Chief executive officer of the Penny Appeal, for services to Muslim Community Development.
MBE's for Karen Anderson, for services to charity in Lancashire; Patricia Armstrong-Child. Director of Nursing, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, for services to Nursing; John Clough, volunteer, Domestic Abuse and Stalking Campaigns, for services to Victims of Domestic Abuse; for Victoria Dickens. consultant physiotherapist and Clinical director of Orthopaedics, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. for services to Physiotherapy; Dr Andrew Dickson, for services to Business and to the community in Bolton; Rabbi Warren Elf, for services to the community in Manchester; Barbara Griffin, trustee, Citizens' Advice Salford, for services to the voluntary sector and to the community in Salford; Canon Valerie Jackson, for services to Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool Diocese and World War One Commemoration; Nisha Sujata Katona, founder and director, Mowgli Street Food Group Ltd, for services to the Food Industry; Eleanor Maddocks, chief executive, West Lancashire Liberty Centre, for services to Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse in West Lancashire; Mufti Helal Mahmood, for services to Community Cohesion in Oldham; for Dr Judith Poole, head of Student Support and Wellbeing, Blackpool and The Fylde College, for services to Education; Bernard Rimmer, estates supervisor, Myerscough College, for services to the Agricultural community; Susan Scurlock, founder and chief executive officer, Primary Engineer, for services to Education and to Engineering; and William Woolley, for services to the community in Blackburn and Darwen.
Awards for contributions which have served the people of Cumbria or who live in this county have included:
The CBE for Susan Smith, Executive chief nurse, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, for services to the NHS and to Patient Safety; MBE for Christopher Armstrong, for services to the Criminal Justice System and to the community in Cumbria; for John Holmes from Kendal, for services to the community in Cumbria; for Brian Hough, former Communications and Stakeholder manager at the NDA (Nuclear Decommissioning Authority) for services to the community in Cumbria and to Diabetes UK; Victoria Stanger of Wigton, deputy head, Department for International Development South Sudan, for services to International Development; Chief Superintendent Duncan Worsell of the CNC (Civil Nuclear Constabulary) for services to the Civil Nuclear Industry; a British Empire Medal to David Taylor of Carnforth, Emergency Response and Event First Aid Volunteer, British Red Cross, for voluntary service to First Aid and to Red Cross Fundraising; The Queen's Fire Service medal to former Watch Manager Thomas Johnson, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service;
and finally also a richly deserved MBE for years of work in so many capacities for the local community here in the West of the county for my friend and former colleague Norman Clarkson, for services to the community in West Cumbria.
Needless to say the press has given most attention to the celebrities who were honoured but they are not the majority of people on this list: most of the people honoured are not famous outside their own communities or industries but they are people who have worked especially hard or with particular distinction in their own professions or communities to help people.
Congratulations to all those honoured.
Fifteen leading nurses, an array of doctors, dentists, physiotherapists and other health professionals, and those who led the response to terror attacks and major incidents were among those honoured.
The awards include OBEs for Dr Malik Ramadhan, who was in charge of the A&E at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel on the night of the London Bridge terror attack; Paul Woodrow, who as Director of Operations for the London Ambulance Service also played a leading role in ensuring victims of the attacks in London and Grenfell fire received swift care; and Colin Kelsey, who led the NHS response to the Manchester Arena bombing.
Peter Boorman, who as lead for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) for NHS England in London helped coordinate the NHS’s response to the terrorist attacks on Westminster and London Bridge, the Grenfell fire, the Croydon tram crash and the Wannacry cyber-attack is also awarded an OBE.
England’s outgoing chief nurse, Professor Jane Cummings, was one of the many receiving awards from a nursing background, receiving a CBE for her contribution to the NHS over the course of her career.
Kate Davies, the NHS’s lead on care for armed forces veterans and victims of sexual assault, has also received recognition for her work to improve services for some of the most vulnerable groups, while the NHS’s national leaders on mental health care, diabetes and obesity, heart disease and innovation will join her in being invited to Buckingham Palace to be invested with honours over the coming months.
Awards to people here in the North West included:
CBE's for Sean Anstee, former Leader of Trafford Council, for services to Local Government and for Edwin Booth, for services to Business and to charity..
OBEs for Helen Bingley, for voluntary service in the UK and Abroad; Hilary Craft, founder and chair of Action Against Cancer, for services to Fundraising and to Research into Cancer Diagnostics and Treatments; Michael Hamilton, founder and chief executive officer, Commando Joe's, for services to Young People; Christopher Harrop, for services to the Prevention of Modern Slavery and Exploitation; Mary Isherwood, Headteacher, Camberwell Park School, Manchester, for services to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs; Patricia Kane, executive headteacher, The Education and Leadership Trust, for services to Education; Colin Kelsey, head of Emergency Planning Resilience and Response, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, for services to the community in Manchester; Superintendent Umer Khan, Greater Manchester Police, for services to Policing and to Community Cohesion; and for Aamer Naeem, Chief executive officer of the Penny Appeal, for services to Muslim Community Development.
MBE's for Karen Anderson, for services to charity in Lancashire; Patricia Armstrong-Child. Director of Nursing, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, for services to Nursing; John Clough, volunteer, Domestic Abuse and Stalking Campaigns, for services to Victims of Domestic Abuse; for Victoria Dickens. consultant physiotherapist and Clinical director of Orthopaedics, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. for services to Physiotherapy; Dr Andrew Dickson, for services to Business and to the community in Bolton; Rabbi Warren Elf, for services to the community in Manchester; Barbara Griffin, trustee, Citizens' Advice Salford, for services to the voluntary sector and to the community in Salford; Canon Valerie Jackson, for services to Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool Diocese and World War One Commemoration; Nisha Sujata Katona, founder and director, Mowgli Street Food Group Ltd, for services to the Food Industry; Eleanor Maddocks, chief executive, West Lancashire Liberty Centre, for services to Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse in West Lancashire; Mufti Helal Mahmood, for services to Community Cohesion in Oldham; for Dr Judith Poole, head of Student Support and Wellbeing, Blackpool and The Fylde College, for services to Education; Bernard Rimmer, estates supervisor, Myerscough College, for services to the Agricultural community; Susan Scurlock, founder and chief executive officer, Primary Engineer, for services to Education and to Engineering; and William Woolley, for services to the community in Blackburn and Darwen.
Awards for contributions which have served the people of Cumbria or who live in this county have included:
The CBE for Susan Smith, Executive chief nurse, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, for services to the NHS and to Patient Safety; MBE for Christopher Armstrong, for services to the Criminal Justice System and to the community in Cumbria; for John Holmes from Kendal, for services to the community in Cumbria; for Brian Hough, former Communications and Stakeholder manager at the NDA (Nuclear Decommissioning Authority) for services to the community in Cumbria and to Diabetes UK; Victoria Stanger of Wigton, deputy head, Department for International Development South Sudan, for services to International Development; Chief Superintendent Duncan Worsell of the CNC (Civil Nuclear Constabulary) for services to the Civil Nuclear Industry; a British Empire Medal to David Taylor of Carnforth, Emergency Response and Event First Aid Volunteer, British Red Cross, for voluntary service to First Aid and to Red Cross Fundraising; The Queen's Fire Service medal to former Watch Manager Thomas Johnson, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service;
and finally also a richly deserved MBE for years of work in so many capacities for the local community here in the West of the county for my friend and former colleague Norman Clarkson, for services to the community in West Cumbria.
Needless to say the press has given most attention to the celebrities who were honoured but they are not the majority of people on this list: most of the people honoured are not famous outside their own communities or industries but they are people who have worked especially hard or with particular distinction in their own professions or communities to help people.
Congratulations to all those honoured.
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