text: * 2009 Awarded a D.Sc. by Liverpool University.
  * 2010 Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
  * 2012 Conferred the title of Academician by the Academy of Social Sciences.
  * 2013 Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Bolton (DUniv).
  * 2013 Elected as a non-medic to Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
  * 2015 Deputy Lieutenant, DL, Greater London.
  * 2016 Appointed to Friendship Award (China)