Knighthood for Guys' chief executive

Sir Ron, whose NHS career spans almost 40 years, topped a long list of professionals and voluinteers recognised for services to healthcare and medicine.

Ian Dalton, chief executive of the North East Strategic Health Authority, who was seconded to the DH last year as national director of the flu resilience programme and again this year to oversee development of the new provider programme including design of the new regulatory regime was awarded an Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

Department of Health permanent secretary Una O’Brien (pictured), was made a Companion of the Order of Bath, an honour reserved for top civil servants and military personnel

Other DH faces recognised for their contribution were Bob Ricketts director of system management and new enterprise (CBE), as well as Peter Baker, security vetting officer, and Sally Bishop, private secretary at the research and development directorate who were both awarded MBEs.

Chairman of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Patricia Moberly, said: “We are absolutely delighted to learn of Sir Ron’s Knighthood. 

“This is a richly deserved personal award that honours his lifetime of commitment to the National Health Service. Ron will say, quite rightly, that this distinction recognises also the achievements of the Trust and other organisations under his leadership. 

“Ron is ambitious for our success and we all share in his passionate desire to provide the best possible service for patients.

Professor Michael Cooke, chief executive of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, was awarded a CBE for services to mental health, while Bruce Armstrong, consultant nurse and emergency planning officer at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Foundation Trust, and Margaret Berry, director of quality and executive nurse at NHS Luton were awarded OBEs. David Pearson, executive director of clinical governance and nursing, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, was recognised with an MBE.

Kay Sheldon, a commissioner with the Care Quality Commission, was also recognised with an OBE.

Full list of those honoured for services to healthcare:

Knighthoods

Ron Kerr, chief executive of Guy’s and St Thomas’s Foundation Trust for services to healthcare.

Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London for services to medicine.

Professor Lewis Ritchie OBE,  General Medical Practitioner and Honorary Consultant in Public Health for services to the NHS in Scotland.

Companions of the order of the bath

DH Permanent Secretary Una O’Brien, lately director-general or policy and strategy.

CBE

Dr Lindsay Burley, Lately Chair of the National Waiting Times Centre Board for services to the NHS in Scotland.

Professor Michael Cooke, chief executive of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust for services to mental healthcare.

Ian Dalton, chief executive of the North East Strategic Health Authority for services to the NHS.

Professor Julian Hopkin, Rector for Medicine and Health at the University of Swansea for services to medicine.

Rosalynde Lowe, chair of the Queen’s Nursing Institute for services to healthcare.

Anthony Kennan, chairman of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, for services to healthcare.

Michael Parker, chair of King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust for services to the NHS.

Robert Ricketts, director of system management and new enterprise at the DH.

Dr Sheila Shribman, national clinical director for children, young people and maternity, for services to medicine.

Roger Wilson, founder Sarcoma UK Charity, for services to healthcare.

OBE

Bruce Armstrong, consultant nurse and emergency planning officer at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Foundation Trust, for services to healthcare.

Margaret Berry, director of quality and executive nurse at NHS Luton, for services to healthcare.

Dr Ian Campbell, lately consultant respiratory physician at Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust for services to medicine.

John Collinson, lately director of King’s College Hospital Charity and executive vice chairman of the Association of NHS Charities for services to the NHS.

Dr George Crooks, Medical Director at NHS 24 and the Scottish Ambulance Service, for services to healthcare.

Dr John Davies, lately consultant cardiologist at Royal Gwent Hospital for services to medicine.

Dr Pinnaduwage De Silva, lately consultant physician of genito urinary and HIV Medicine at Dewsbury District Hospital in West  Yorkshire for services to medicine.

Keith Dunn KStJ, chief executive of the order of St John Priory for Wales for services to Healthcare.

Sheelagh Lloyd Jones for services to the NHS in Wales.

Gillian McVicar, general manager of the Mid-Highland Community Health Partnership for services to the NHS in Scotland.

Andrew Emson, superintendent pharmacist at Boots The Chemist and lately chairman of the Company Chemists’ Association. for services to healthcare.

Prof Christopher Franklin, chairman of the Committee of Postgraduate Dental Deans and Directors and Professor and Honorary Consultant Oral Pathologist for services to healthcare.

Paul Gilbert, professor of clinical psychology at Derbyshire Mental Health Services Trust for services to healthcare.

Andrew Goldberg, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust and founder of the Medical Futures Innovation Awards for services to Medicine.

Alastair Kent, Director of Genetic Alliance UK for services to healthcare

Professor David Mant, Emeritus Professor of General Practice, University of Oxford for services to medicine.

Dr Brian Patterson, GP and lately chairman of the British Medical Association in Northern Ireland for services to healthcare.

Rehana Richens, consultant midwife and honorary lecturer at City University, Warwickshire, for services to Midwifery and Nursing.

Kay Sheldon, Commissioner, Care Quality Commission for services to healthcare.

Dr Allison Streetly, National Director, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme, for services to healthcare.

Dr Peter Terry, consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Chairman of the British Medical Association Scottish Council, for services to medicine.

MBE

Peter Baker, security vetting officer at the Department of Health.

Beryl Bennett, deputy chief executive and Director of International and Corporate Affairs, Royal College of Obstetricians and

Gynaecologists, for services to Women’s Health.

Sally Bishop, Private Secretary, Research and Development Directorate at the Department of Health.

Clive Bonnett, senior clinical specialist, West London Mental Health Trust and Broadmoor Hospital, for services to healthcare.

Stephen Dayman, chief executive of Meningitis UK for services to healthcare.

Shauna Dixon, TD DL Deputy Chief Executive of NHS Oldham, for services to healthcare.

John Dumbleton, lately Honorary Company Secretary and solicitor for the BLISS Charity, for services to healthcare.

Angela Dupont, DL chair of Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, for services to healthcare.

Gillian Fletcher, Tutor at the National Childbirth Trust, for services to healthcare.

Carol  Flower, Occupational Therapy Assistant, North Somerset Primary Care Trust, for services to healthcare.

Helen Gill-Thwaites, Occupational Therapist, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, for services to healthcare.

Dr Elizabeth Hall for services to Healthcare and to the community in Colchester, Essex.

Barbara Herdman, secretary of the League of Friends of the Berwick Hospitals, for voluntary service to healthcare.

Peter Herdman, Chairman of the League of Friends of the Berwick Hospitals for voluntary service to healthcare.

Susan Kent, Vice-Chair, Aneurin Bevan Health Board for services to the NHS.

Julia Lever, founder of CHASE Children’s Hospice Service for services to Healthcare in South West London, Surrey and West Sussex.

Rosalind Munday, Occupational Therapist at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability and St George’s Healthcare

NHS Trust, for services to healthcare.

Umeshchandra Babubhai Patel, Community Pharmacist for services to Healthcare in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

David Pearson, executive director of clinical governance and nursing, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust for  services to Mental Healthcare.

Lorraine Phelan, staff side chair at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for services to the NHS.

Grahame Pickering, chief executive of the Great North Air Ambulance Service for services to Emergency Healthcare.

Dr Kay Saunders for services to Healthcare and to Homeless People in Cardiff.

Ian Shanley, ICT General Manager at the Scottish Ambulance Service for services to Emergency Healthcare.

Dr Satya Sharma, GP in Wolverhampton for services to healthcare.

Simon Southworth, service manager at Kent County Council Substance Misuse Care Management Service for services to healthcare.

Clive Stone for services to healthcare.

Julia Ann Styles, Lately Head of Nursing, Blaeuau Gwent Local Health Board for services to Healthcare in South Wales.

Patricia Vales, lately Consultant Clinical Scientist at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, for services to healthcare.

Dr Richard West, GP in Suffolk for services to healthcare.

Doris-Ann Williams, Director-General of British In Vitro Diagnostics Association for services to the healthcare industry.

Lesley Benham, team leader at Melcombe Day Hospita for services to Dementia Care in Weymouth, Dorset.