* 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)