Stepping Hill Hospital staff, together with other NHS staff across Greater Manchester, have received further honours for their outstanding response to the Manchester Arena attack in May this year.  

Twenty-two people were killed in the horrific bombing at an Ariana Grande concert and over 500 were injured. Stepping Hill Hospital was one of the eight hospitals which treated the critically wounded in the aftermath. 

Six months after the event that shocked the world, a flurry of awards and recognition events have taken place.

At ITV`s Pride of Britain awards, staff were presented with a ‘Special Recognition’ award by Prince William and Ed Sheeran. Stepping Hill Hospital was also honoured at The Sun’s inaugural Who Cares Wins awards, presented by Lorraine Kelly. 

Junior doctor Vicky Wijeratne, who attended the concert with two doctor friends, and gave emergency care to victims before paramedics arrived,  was presented with a national Woman of the Year award by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

Stepping Hill has also received a letter of thanks from Prime Minister Theresa May, and there has been recognition closer to home with 30 hospital staff attending a special Civic Recognition event at Manchester Town Hall.

In the words of our medical director Colin Wasson, who was on duty working as a consultant on the night,  this was the ‘NHS at its very best.’

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