WITH A NATIONWIDE THANK-YOU N.H.S HEROES ARE HONOURED BY THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE
Jul 12, 2021
3 minutes
REPORT: EMILY NASH
‘This award recognises all NHS staff, past and present, across all disciplines and all four nations’
The Queen
It is the highest civilian honour she can bestow for “acts of the greatest heroism or of the most courage in circumstances of extreme danger”. So it was fitting that the Queen last week awarded the George Cross to the entire NHS after its 18-month battle with the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a handwritten message on
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