The chief executive of Salford Royal Foundation Trust has been awarded a knighthood in the new year’s honours list.

Sir David Dalton is among a group of senior NHS figures and campaigners to be recognised in this year’s cohort.

Sir David said: “To be honoured in this way is not something that I could ever have imagined when I joined the NHS as an administrative trainee almost 35 years ago.

“However, without a shadow of a doubt, it is not just about my contribution to the NHS; it reflects the hard work of all those who strive with me to provide the safest care for our patients today and to plan for the best outcomes in the future.”

Paula Vasco-Knight, chief executive of South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust and NHS England’s national lead for equality, has been honoured with a CBE.

Commenting on Dr Vasco-Knight’s honour, NHS England chair Sir Malcolm Grant said: “She has done a fantastic job at NHS England representing the needs of all staff and promoting the call for diversity to be further up the NHS agenda across the UK.”

Alongside the senior NHS figures recognised in the 2014 list is the campaigner Julie Bailey, who has been awarded a CBE for her work in pressing for the independent inquiry into the care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.

Nurse practitioner Helene Donnelly is to be made an OBE for her efforts towards helping NHS staff to raise concerns about standards of care. Ms Donnelly was previously worked in the emergency department at Stafford Hospital and was a key witness at the Francis inquiry into the poor care there.

Among those also set for an appointment at Buckingham Palace are Susan Bailey, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, who will be made a dame, and West Midlands Ambulance Service chief executive Anthony Marsh, who will receive the Queen’s Ambulance Medal.

Others on this year’s honours list include Irene Budd, awarded a British Empire Medal for the more than two decades of service working as a nurse at The Christie, the Manchester-based specialist cancer care centre.

The full list of those given new year’s honours for their services to healthcare, the NHS, medicine or nursing follows.

CBE

Catherine Gerrish, professor of nursing, University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust. For services to nursing

Lynda Hamlyn, chief executive, NHS Blood and Transplant. For services to healthcare.

OBE

Susan Bale, assistant nurse director, Research and Development, Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board. For services to nursing and nursing research.

Professor Linda Cardozo, consultant gynaecologist, King’s College Hospital, London. For services to urogynaecology and women’s health.

Stephen Firn, chief executive, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. For services to healthcare, particularly mental health.

Lyndon Jones MBE, chair, The Noah’s Ark Appeal. For voluntary services to the children’s hospital in Wales.

Pamela Niven, implementation manager, Organ Donation Task Force, NHS Lothian. For services to healthcare and organ donation in Scotland.

Candice Pellett, district nurse, Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust. For services to nursing.

Professor Abhay Rane, consultant urological surgeon, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, Surrey. For services to laparoscopic surgery.

Dr Keith Ridge, chief pharmaceutical officer, Department of Health. For services to the pharmacy profession and to patients.

Janet Sheard, former executive director of nursing and allied health professionals, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to healthcare.

Ashok Soni, pharmacist, Croydon and Founding Member, NHS Future Forum, Surrey. For services to community pharmacy and the NHS.

Professor Wendy Tindale, scientific director, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and clinical director, NIHR Devices for Dignity Healthcare Technology Cooperative. For services to healthcare.

MBE

Dr Diane Ames, consultant clinician for stroke medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London. For services to stroke medicine.

Iain Anderson, consultant surgeon, Hope Hospital, Salford. For services to clinical surgery and medical education.

Dr Anne Barnes, associate specialist in oncology and end of life care Ward 10, Withybush General Hospital, Haverfordwest. For services to cancer patients in Pembrokeshire.

Doreen Brass, team leader, Tain Community Nursing. For services to healthcare in Ross-shire.

Nigel Broad, charge nurse, Anglesey Ward, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Swansea. For services to nursing.

Julie Brown, ward sister, Stroke Unit, Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. For services to nursing and stroke services in Wales.

Peter Corfield. For services to the community in Ludlow, Shropshire particularly through the Friends of Ludlow Hospital.

Dr Jacqueline Craissati, consultant clinical and forensic psychologist and clinical director of forensic services, Oxleas NHS Trust. For services to mental health.

Professor Rosslyn Crocket, director of nursing, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. For services to nursing and midwifery in Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Catherine Glass, trauma and orthopaedics manager, Altnagelvin Hospital. For services to healthcare.

Dr Diana Forrest, director of public health, Knowsley Health and Wellbeing Headquarters, Merseyside. For services to public health.

Catherine Glass, trauma and orthopaedics manager, Altnagelvin Hospital. For services to healthcare.

Elizabeth Hay, community nurse, Aviemore Health Centre. For services to healthcare and charity.

Dr Davinder Kapur. For services to healthcare in Northern Ireland and abroad.

Anthony Kemp, vice-chairman, British Association for Immediate Care. For services to pre-hospital emergency care.

Suzanne Lomax, nurse, departmental manager, Complex Care and Stroke, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. For services to healthcare.

Dr Heather Mackinnon, former consultant general paediatrician, Whittington Hospital, London. For services to paediatrics, child health and child protection

Professor Dilys Morgan, head, Department for Gastrointestinal, Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Public Health England. For services to health protection.

Pauline Mulholland, lead professional dietitian and allied health professions lead for hospital services, South Eastern Trust. For services to dietetics and healthcare in Northern Ireland.

Dr Martin Myers, consultant clinical scientist, Clinical Biochemistry Department, Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire. For services to healthcare science.

Michael O’Driscoll, mental health nurse, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to mental health nursing.

Robert Oliver, former bill manager, Department for Health and Social Services, Welsh Government. For services to the legislative process in the UK, particularly Wales.

Barbara Page, dermatology liaison nurse specialist, Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline. For services to dermatological nursing.

Dr Anna-Maria Rollin, consultant anaesthetist, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to anaesthesia.

Dr Malcolm Russell, medical incident officer, West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust. For services to emergency medicine.

Maureen Ryles, head of paediatric physiotherapy, NHS Grampian. For services to healthcare and charity.

Joan Taylor, midwife, NHS Fife. For services to complementary therapies.

Dr Natalie Teich. For services to public health.

Dr Carol Trotter, consultant psychiatrist, Portsmouth. For services to mental health.

Dr Theodore Weston, general practitioner, Cumbria. For services to victims of trauma.

Marilyn Williams, former Radiology Directorate manager and assistant director of Therapies and Health Science, Aneurin Bevan Health Board. For services to radiology and healthcare in Wales.

British Empire Medal

Jeanette Barton, former personal assistant, Health and Social Care Integration Directorate, Scottish Government. For services to community care.

Anne Bennett, chair, League of Friends, Yeovil Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. For voluntary and charitable services in Somerset.

Dorothy Bulled, member, Whipps Cross Hospital Patients’ Panel. For services to patients.

Beryl Dare, member, League of Friends of Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the community.

Cecily Gilbert, Hospital Librarian, Good Hope Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the community.

Mrs Anita Haycock, member, Tewkesbury Hospital League of Friends and Volunteer Group, NHS Gloucestershire. For voluntary services to healthcare.

Anthony Haycock, member, Tewkesbury Hospital League of Friends and Volunteer Group, NHS Gloucestershire. For voluntary services to healthcare.

Irene Haylock, volunteer, Southend Hospital Audiology Department. For voluntary services to people with hearing impairments.

Susan Hoffman, receptionist, Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny. For services to the NHS in Monmouthshire.

Pamela Hurcomb, bank staff nurse, Essex. For services to healthcare.

Marie Langdon, for services to Hayward House Palliative Care Cancer Unit at Nottingham City Hospital and to the community in Nottingham.

Elizabeth Macdonald, for services to the NHS and the Medic 1 Trust.

Joan Marshall, for charitable services to the Neo Natal Unit, University of Wales Hospital, Cardiff and for voluntary service to Windsor Clive Primary School, Cardiff.

Pamela Millington, For voluntary services to the Mold Hospital League of Friends and to the community in Mold, Flintshire.

Kevin Staniforth, charity fundraiser, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. For services to charity.

Tracey Uzor, immunisation coordinator, Aneurin Bevan Health Board. For services to the NHS in Newport, South Wales.

Companion of the Order of the Bath

Dr Derek Feeley, former director-general, Health and Social Care, Scottish Government. For services to healthcare.


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