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Date: 26 December 2024
Time: 08:20
Nurses win top award for military care
Story posted/last updated: 29 November 2012
A nursing team which treats military patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) has won a top award for its groundbreaking work.
The Military Plastics Outreach Team, part of the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, received the Defence Nursing Award at the Nursing Standard Nurse Awards held in London.
Major John Clark ARRC and the nursing team, who specialise in plastic surgery and reconstruction at QEHB, receive service personnel injured on the frontline. Collectively they treat some of the most complex and life-threatening injuries caused by bomb blasts and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
Major Clark ARRC described what winning the award meant to the team: “We are in a very privileged position in caring for our injured colleagues and we take a great pride in providing the best possible care for them.
“In the last few years we have developed our service in line with the developing patterns of injury. This has been both challenging and extremely rewarding. To be recognised nationally for the work that we do is an absolute honour.”
For full details, please see the Nursing Standards Nurse Awards website.
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