Alongside the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s (RCPCH) Officer for Child Protection, colleagues from the paediatric profession were recognised in the King’s Birthday Honour’s List, including:
- Professor Timothy Cole, FMedSci, Professor Emeritus of Population, Health and Practice, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London. for services to Medical Statistics.
- Professor Adam Tobias Fox, Professor of Paediatric Allergy at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and Chair of the National Allergy Strategy Group, for services to Paediatric Allergy.
- Professor Meriel Evelyn Mary Jenney, Paediatric Oncologist, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, for services to Cancer Treatment and to Research in Children and Young People.
- Professor Noor Ul Owase Jeelani, Professor of Paediatric Neurosurgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, for services to Neurosurgery and Global Child Health.
We were also pleased to see prominent members of the child health workforce recognised for their work, including:
- Professor Lucie Dale Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work at University of Oxford, for services to Children 's Wellbeing and to Global Public Health.
- Professor Judith Rankin, Professor of Maternal and Child Health at University of Newcastle, for services to Maternal and Child Health and Research Inclusion. f
- Dr Lesley Ann Schatzberger, Founder and Volunteer at Jessie's Fund, for services to Children with Life Limiting Illnesses and Communication Difficulties.
- Catharina Adriana Maria Van Doorn, Head of Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, for services to Children 's Heart Surgery and to Charity.
- Annie Hudson, Chair of Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, England, for services to Child Safeguarding and Child Protection.
- James Graham Hatchley, Lately Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Director for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, for services to Fundraising in the NHS.
- Jennifer Gill, Founder at LoveOliver, for services to Families Affected by Childhood Cancer.
- Richard Jeremy Jackson, Founder President at the Greenfingers Charity, for services to Children's Hospices.
RCPCH President, Professor Steve Turner, said:
We see firsthand how tirelessly the entire child health workforce works to protect, treat, and empower children and young people. It’s a great pleasure to see so many of our own members, fellows and honorary fellows and those in the wider child health workforce recognised for their efforts in the Birthday Honours.
Each of these Honours are deeply deserved and I am delighted to see recognition for colleagues across the NHS and send my warmest regards to: Professor Timothy Cole, Professor Andrew Rowland, Professor Adam Fox, Professor Meriel Evelyn Mary Jenney and Professor Owase Jeelani.