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New Year Honours 2023: Members and Fellows recognised
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he 2023 New Year Honours list recognises the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK, and we’re incredibly proud that some of our Members and Fellows were included in this historic list. Andrew Kent, Deputy Chair of our Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare, was awarded an OBE for services to UK health support overseas, particularly in Ukraine, and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kent is a Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, Surgical Director at UK-Med and Medical Adviser at Halo Trust.
Ewen M Harrison, Member of RCSEd Global Surgery Committee and Professor of Surgery and Data Science at the University of Edinburgh, received an OBE for services to the COVID-19 response. Ross Hemingway, Member of RCSEd’s Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care and Civilian Medical Practitioner, Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, was awarded an OBE For services to the Royal Marines. Helen Margaret Sweetland, RCSEd Fellow and Emeritus Clinical Professor at Cardiff University’s School of Medicine, received an OBE for services to Patient Care and Medical Education..
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We’re incredibly proud that some of our Members and Fellows were included in the New Year Honours List Jacqueline Taylor, Honorary Surgical Fellow of the RCSEd, was awarded an MBE for services to Medical Education and to Health. Professor Taylor dedicated 38 years of service to the NHS, spending over 25 years as a consultant physician, and was President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow until 2021. The College would like to congratulate all those recognised
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with these deserved accolades and thank them for their incredible efforts and service.
Correction In the December 2022 issue of Surgeons’ News, Clare Gerada’s name was spelled incorrectly on page 23 of the article ‘Safe team, safe patient’.
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HONOURS
Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal
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The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine is now an independent charity
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e are pleased to announce that, following a successful application to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK has now been awarded charitable status as an independent organisation. The Faculty was formed as an intercollegiate Faculty of the Royal College of Physicians and RCSEd, and works to develop and promote the medical specialty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM). Find out more at www.fsem.ac.uk
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