New Year’s Honours: British Empire Medal for two nurses working in local hospitals
Date published: 01 January 2021
Wendy Clapham and Cath Fitzsimmons
Two nurses working in local hospitals been honoured in the New Year’s Honours list 2021 to recognise their tremendous role throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Both Wendy Clapham and Cath Fitzsimmons have been awarded the British Empire Medal.
Wendy, Assistant Director of Nursing Services for Critical Care, Outpatients and Pre-Operative Assessment at the Royal Oldham Hospital, has been awarded the Medal for her services to nursing, particularly during the Covid-19 response. She has worked as a nurse in the NHS for 30 years, including working clinically in critical care, service management in anaesthetics and critical care, within clinical governance and other specialist nursing roles.