NHS leaders honoured for services to healthcare

Sir Robert said: 'I am deeply honoured by the award, which has come as a complete surprise. My time as chief executive of two great teaching hospitals has been an absolute privilege and I am personally indebted to all those wonderful people who have worked with me for the past two decades. The NHS, despite its critics, is one of our most cherished institutions and I am proud to be associated with it.'

Several NHS leaders were made Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), including NHS West Midlands chair Elisabeth Buggins; Terry Hanafin, previously chief executive of the former Essex strategic health authority and now Modernising Medical Careers chief operating officer; Ann Lloyd, head of the Welsh health and social services department and chief executive of NHS Wales; Professor Valerie Lund of the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital; Professor David Knowles, senior associate at the King's Fund; Leicester GP Dr Angela Lennox; SANE chief executive Marjorie Wallace; and nurse and King's Fund programme director Sarah Waller.

Among those made Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) were HSJ columnists Luton and Dunstable foundation trust chief executive Stephen Ramsden and East Lancashire primary care trust chief executive David Peat.

Other OBEs included West London Mental Health trust chair Professor Louis Smidt; NHS Quality Improvement Scotland chief executive Dr David Steel; Portsmouth Hospitals trust chair Michael Waterland and Dr William Wilkins, clinical director of integrated medicine and consultant physician, Bro Morgannwy NHS trust.

More than 20 managerial and clinical healthcare staff were made Members of the Order of the British Empire.

The full list of those given New Year's Honours for their services to healthcare, the NHS, medicine or nursing follows.

Knights

Robert NAYLOR Chief Executive, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to healthcare.

CBE

Elisabeth Mary, Mrs BUGGINS Chair, NHS West Midlands. For services to Healthcare.

FRAWLEY, Dr Thomas Jude. For public services in Northern Ireland.

Terry HANAFIN Lately Chief Executive, Essex Strategic Health Authority. For services to the NHS.

Ann Judith, Mrs LLOYD Head of Health and Social Services Department and Chief Executive NHS Wales, Welsh Assembly Government.

Professor Valerie Joan LUND Professor of Rhinology, Ear Institute and Honorary Consultant, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Royal Free NHS Trust. For services to Medicine.

Professor David KNOWLES Senior Associate, The King's Fund. For services to Healthcare.

Dr Angela Isabella Agnes LENNOX, MBE DL General Medical Practitioner, Leicester. For services to Healthcare.

Ms Marjorie Shiona WALLACE, MBE Founder and Chief Executive, SANE. For services to Mental Healthcare.

Sarah, Mrs WALLER Nurse and Programme Director, King's Fund. For services to Nursing and to the NHS.

OBE

Nicholas John ADKIN Tobacco Programme Manager, Department of Health.

Sarah Ann, Mrs BAZIN Therapy Services Manager, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and Chair, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. For services to Healthcare.

Paul Godfrey BEARD Lately Chair, Health and Social Care Advisory Service and Regional Director, Royal College of Nursing. For services to Healthcare.

Professor Clair Evelyn Houssemayne DU BOULAY Postgraduate Dean, Wessex Deanery, NHS Education South Central. For services to Medicine.

Paul LINCOLN Chief Executive, National Heart Forum for Coronary Heart Disease Prevention (UK). For services to Healthcare.

David Alan PEAT Chief Executive, East Lancashire Primary Care Trust. For services to the NHS.

Stephen RAMSDEN Chief Executive, Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare.

Professor Philip ROUTLEDGE Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Honorary Consultant Physician, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. For services to Medicine.

Professor Louis SMIDT Chair, West London Mental Health NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare.

Dr David Robert STEEL Chief Executive, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. For services to Healthcare.

Professor Margaret Ann TUCKER Lately Dean and Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Cardiff University. For services to Healthcare.

Michael Roy WATERLAND Chair, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare in the West Midlands and the South East.

Dr William Edward WILKINS Clinical Director of Integrated Medicine and Consultant Physician, Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust. For services to the NHS in Wales.

Malcolm WRIGHT For services to the NHS in Scotland.

MBE

Ms Jane LE BAIGUE Lately Non-Executive Director, Bromley Primary Care Trust. For services to the NHS.

Michael HERRIOT Emergency Planning General Manager, Scottish Ambulance Service. For services to Healthcare.

Dr Mary Ursula HICKEY General Medical Practitioner, Westminster, London. For services to Healthcare.

Freddie BACCHUS Lately Health Care Support Worker, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Trust. For services to the NHS.

Ms Jane LE BAIGUE Lately Non-Executive Director, Bromley Primary Care Trust. For services to the NHS.

Rosalee Minalva, Mrs BUTLER Ward Sister, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Nursing.

David Kenneth CAMPBELL Area Operations Manager for South London, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.

Dorothy Mary, Mrs DAWES For services to Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey.

Margaret, Mrs DIAMOND Radiographer, Wishaw General Hospital, Lanarkshire. For services to the NHS.

Professor Eileen FAIRHURST Chair, Salford Teaching Primary Care Trust. For services to the NHS.

Valerie, Mrs FINIGAN Midwife, Royal Oldham and North Manchester Hospital, Pennine Acute NHS Hospitals Trust. For services to Healthcare.

Charles James FLYNN Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operations Officer, Mersey Care NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare in Merseyside.

Victoria Frances, Mrs HOLCROFT Project Director, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.

Renee Herkes, Mrs HUB For services to the League of Friends, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust.

Mary, Mrs JONES Nurse, Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare in Wales.

Dr Pradeep Balbir KHANNA Consultant Physician, Care of the Elderly and Chief of Staff for Community Services, Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to Medicine.

Thelma, Mrs MCGUIRE Occupational Health Adviser. For services to the NHS in Scotland.

Comfort Lyabo Amah, Mrs MOMOH Female Genital Mutilation/Public Health Specialist, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Women's Healthcare.

Carole, Mrs OGDEN Lately Personal Assistant, NHS North West. For services to the Community and the NHS.

Miss Kathleen ROSS Dietician, Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital. For services to the NHS.

SHAH, Dr Ashwin, General Medical Practitioner, Newham, London. For services to Healthcare.

Leonard William TATE Chair, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust Cardilogy User Group and Vice President of Heartbeat, East Suffolk. For services to Healthcare.

Roy TYSON Director of Facilities and Commercial Development, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS.

Peter CHENG Nurse and Clinical Risk Manager, North Essex Mental Health Partnership. For services to Healthcare.