New year’s honours recognise efforts during COVID-19 and beyond
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New year’s honours recognise efforts during COVID-19 and beyond

Nurses have been recognised in the new year’s honours list for their continued work and commitment during another year dominated by COVID-19.

Nursing Standard. 37, 1, 7-7. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.7.s5

Published: 05 January 2022

Nurses working on respiratory wards, in community diabetes care, with children and young people and in leadership roles are among those who received honours. Others were recognised for their work in suicide awareness and travel medicine.

Health Education England chief nurse and NHS England deputy chief nursing officer Mark Radford received a CBE for services to nursing. Professor Radford, who led the national NHS vaccine workforce and training programme, said: ‘This pandemic will shape our society forever, and many will look back on this time and ask “what did we do?” I, like many others, will be proud to say we were nurses and health workers in the NHS and social care.’

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust chief nurse Steve Hams received an MBE for services to nursing. Professor Hams was his trust’s senior responsible officer for the COVID-19 vaccination programme when it began in December 2020. He also introduced the internationally acclaimed nursing and midwifery excellence programme at his trust, which promotes innovation and collaborative leadership. ‘I regard everything I have achieved in my career as a reflection of the remarkable nurses and colleagues I have worked alongside,’ he said. ‘In healthcare, teamwork is everything.’

University of Wolverhampton senior nursing lecturer Clare Dickens received an MBE for improving suicide awareness.

RCN president Denise Chaffer said the honours highlight the contribution of nurses in what continues to be an ‘extremely challenging’ period for the profession.

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