A doctor who has been at the forefront of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service response to Covid-19 has been awarded a New Year Honour.
Dr Julian Mark has been awarded the Queen’s Ambulance Medal for Distinguished Service.
Dr Mark, executive medical director at Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, has supported colleagues through the challenges thrown up by Covid-19, as well as being at the helm of the national ambulance response as chair of the National Ambulance Service Medical Directors (NASMeD) group.
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Dr Mark said: “I am proud to play my part in the development of the ambulance sector response to the public in their time of greatest need.
“The past two years have been particularly challenging and I would like to pay tribute to all ambulance service staff for their continued dedication to patient care in these difficult times.
“I am humbled for being recognised for my contribution, which would have been impossible without the unwavering support from my colleagues in YAS, NASMeD, AACE and NHS England.”
Rod Barnes, chief executive of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said:
“This is a huge honour which recognises Julian’s tremendous contribution to the ambulance sector’s response to the pandemic.
‘It also makes Julian one of a very small number of ambulance service staff who have been recognised for exceptional dedication to duty, outstanding ability, merit and conduct in their roles.”