Two leading medical figures in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic across Slough and Windsor have been made MBEs in the Queen's New Year's Honours list.

Doctor Tim Ho is the medical director at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust which runs Wexham Park Hospital at Slough as well as Frimley Park Hospital.

Diane Dodsworth is Head of Nursing for Critical Care across both hospitals.

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Doctor Ho oversaw the retraining of colleagues into frontline Covid-19 roles as well handling significant changes that had to be made in the delivery of care.

He said: “I was truly stunned and humbled when I received the news of this award. This is genuinely a reflection of the hard work, dedication and patient care the staff at Frimley Health have delivered during the pandemic. I see this is as much an honour for them as for me.”

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Diane Dodsworth played a key role in helping the trust double its critical care capacity to cope with the first peak of the pandemic in April. Her team led the training of more than 200 nurses to ensure they had the additional skills required to work on the intensive care units.

She said: “It would have been impossible for me to undertake the enormous challenge of the last 10 months without the hard work, determination and support of our brilliant critical care teams as well as the wider organisation and the huge number of staff that have worked with us.”

Neil Dardis, Chief Executive at Frimley Health Trust, said: “This is well deserved recognition for Tim and Di’s outstanding contribution during the Covid pandemic and we are very proud that they have been recognised in this way.

“Moreover, the fact that members of our teams have received these honours is a reflection on our entire trust and all that our teams have achieved through this year.”