Thirty eight people who work and volunteer across health, social care and life sciences are recognised today in the King’s birthday honours list. Amongst them are several members of Scottish Ambulance Service other NHS frontline teams, health campaigners, patient advocates, foster carers and care providers.

Those honoured for their work and volunteering in health, social care and life sciences, who live in Scotland and whose citation makes specific mention of health, care or life sciences, are:

CBE

Professor Julie Lydia FITZPATRICK OBE FRSE, Chief Scientific Adviser, Scottish Government.  For services to science.

Professor Ewan Beaton MACDONALD OBE, Professor and Head, Healthy Working Lives Group, University of Glasgow. For services to Occupational Medicine and to Reducing Health Inequalities.

Professor Rowland Raymond KAO, Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology and Data Science, University of Edinburgh. For services to Mathematics and Infectious Disease Dynamics.

OBE

Yvonne Cecelia Elizabeth LEAVY, Lead Epilepsy Nurse, NHS Lothian. For services to Epilepsy Nursing.

Catherine Anne MACDONALD (Kiki Macdonald), Co-Founder and Trustee, Euan 's Guide. For services to People with Disabilities.

Alastair John MACGILCHRIST, Chair, Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems. For services to Medicine and Public Health.

Charles Matthew PELLING, Manager, Lady Haig Poppy Factory, Poppy Scotland. For services to Veterans.

Iona COLVIN, Chief Social Work Adviser, Scottish Government. For services to Social Work.

John Richard NORGROVE, Co-Founder, Linda Norgrove Foundation. For services to Women and Children Abroad and in Scotland.

Lorna NORGROVE, Trustee and Co-Founder, Linda Norgrove Foundation. For services to Women and Children Abroad and in Scotland.

MBE

Anne CADMAN , Administrator, ScotSTAR, Scottish Ambulance Service. For services to Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas.

Anthea Margaret DONAGHUE, Lately Chair, Pregnancy Counselling and Care Scotland. For services to Pregnancy Support in Edinburgh.

Donna-Jean Corrigan O'BOYLE, Professional Adviser to the Chief Nursing Officer's Directorate, Scottish Government. For services to Improving Patient Safety.

Lesley STEPHEN, Patient Advocate, Make 2nds Count. For services to People with Secondary Breast Cancer and to Cancer Research.

Dr Catherine Barbara HUTCHISON, Consultant Nurse, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre. For services to Cancer Nursing.

Lynn LAUGHLAND, Chief Executive, HRM Homecare Services. For services to Improving Care Services.

Jennifer GILL, Founder, LoveOliver. For services to Families affected by Childhood Cancer.

Jane-Marie STOBIE, Allied Health Professional. For services to People with Brain Injuries in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Jo-Anne HALLIDAY, Chief Executive Officer, Talking Medicines. For services to the Economy and to Medical Innovation.

Helen Jane BUDGE, Lately Director, Children's Services, Shetland Islands Council. For services to Education.

John Walker DRECZKOWSKI, Volunteer, Eilidh Brown Respite Home. For services to Charity.

Kenneth Macangus MACKENZIE, Chief Executive Officer, Target Fund Managers. For services to the Care Home Sector and to Improving the Lives of Older People.

Victoria Spence DUNNETT, Chair, Board of Directors, Boghall Drop in Centre, Bathgate. For services to Vulnerable People in West Lothian.

Malcolm John KIRBY, Volunteer, Red Dot Radio. For services to Hospitals in Edinburgh.

British Empire Medail

Keith JENSEN, Paramedic, Scottish Ambulance Service. For services to Healthcare and to Charity.

Kirsty Montgomery BUCHANAN, Foster Carer. For services to Young People in Argyll and Bute.

Roderick David BUCHANAN Foster Carer and lately Pipe Sergeant, Mid Argyll Pipe Band. For services to Young People in Argyll and Bute and to Piping.

Caroline Jane SPEIRS, Co-Founder, Calum's Cabin children’s cancer charity. For services to Charitable Fundraising.

Duncan SPEIRS, Co-Founder, Calum's Cabin. For services to Charitable Fundraising.

Jenna Catherine Helen SPEIRS, Co-Founder, Calum's Cabin. For services to Charitable Fundraising.

Pauline June PATRICK (Polly Patrick), Advocacy Service Manager, Advocacy Northeast Ltd. For services to People Requiring Independent Advocacy in Aberdeenshire.

Margaret McPhillips MANSON, Founder, Edinburgh Technician Network. For services to the Provision of Sciences in Education in Edinburgh.

Leanne MCGUIRE, Founder and Chair, Glasgow City Parents Group.  For services to Parental and Carer Engagement in Education.

Karen WYLIE, Founder, Grub Club. For services to Ending Hunger in the community in Lochside.

James MCLAREN. For services to People with Disabilities and Older People in Clydebank and Glasgow.

Robert Stephen SMITH, Chief Executive Officer, Group Recovery Aftercare Community Enterprise. For services to Charity and to the community in East Dunbartonshire.

Moira Helen SINCLAIR, Clinical Nurse Manager, Acute Services NHS Orkney. For services to the NHS in Orkney.

Margaret Mullan GRAHAM, Chair and Volunteer, Broxburn Family Centre. For services to the community in Broxburn.

The full list of honours is published here by the UK Government.