Cheshire and Merseyside NHS staff recognised in The King’s Birthday Honours

NHS staff from Cheshire and Merseyside have been recognised in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours list this year for their outstanding service to patients, communities and the NHS in the region.

Colleagues from the Brownlow Health in Liverpool have been recognised this year, as well as several staff from Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, who were nominated by the mother of a child involved in the Southport tragedy.

Dr Deborah Faint, a GP at Brownlow Health in Liverpool, has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to general practice for people experiencing homelessness in Liverpool. Deborah has dedicated almost 30 years to improving health and wellbeing for some of the city’s most vulnerable communities and is recognised as a pioneer in inclusion health and the driving force behind Brownlow Health’s Homeless Service.

Farida Laeeq, Care Coordinator for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Global Ethnic Majority Communities at Brownlow Health in Liverpool, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to supporting refugees and asylum seekers in Liverpool. Drawing on her own lived experience as a refugee, Farida has supported more than 1,100 people navigate healthcare, housing, education, employment and community life. She is widely recognised for her compassion, cultural understanding and ability to build trust between communities and public services.

Five staff members at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust have been awarded Medals of the Order of the British Empire (BEM), having been nominated by the mother of one of the children involved in the Southport incident.

Dr David Martin Wright, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon; Dr Katie Louise Misselbrook, Consultant Anaesthetist; and Pundrique Radheyshyam Sharma, Consultant Plastic Surgeon; Roger Walton, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, and Vittoria Bucknall, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, have each been recognised for their work caring for children and young people through specialist services at Alder Hey.