Health leaders from the home nations were joined by frontline workers, including the nurse who delivered the first Covid vaccine outside of clinical trials.

Queen hails vaccine rollout as NHS leaders given George Cross at Windsor Castle

(left to right) Sister Joanna Hogg, Royal Victoria Hospital Emergency Department, Mr Peter May, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health, Ms May Parsons Modern Matron at University Hospital Coventry and Warkwickshire, Ms Amanda Pritchard, Chief Executive NHS England, Queen Elizabeth II, the Prince of Wales, Ms Caroline Lamb, Chief Executive NHS Scotland, Ms Eleanor Grant, Palliative Car Nurse, Specialist University Hospital Wishaw, NHS Lanarkshire, Ms Judith Paget CBE, Chief Executive NHS Wales and Dr Ami Jones MBE, Intensive Care Consultant, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, after an Audience at Windsor Castle, Berkshire. Picture date: Tuesday July 12, 2022.


Senior Sister Joanna Hogg represented Northern Ireland as the Queen presented the George Cross to NHS workers on Tuesday 

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The award - which recognises 'acts of the greatest heroism' - comes on the 73rd anniversary of the NHS’s foundation.

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There are calls for the whole of the NHS to be given the George Cross, the highest civilian honour.

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Maj Dominic Troulan returned 12 times to the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi in 2013 to search for survivors during a siege by extremists.

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Thomas Telford school in Telford has unveiled a plaque to Warrant Officer Kim Hughes who was awarded the George Cross for his bravery. 

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