NHS workers ȷoin Queen’s funeral procession

bmj;378/sep21_14/o2269/FAF1faMinistry of Defence/UPI/AlamyNHS doctors and nurses were among those taking part in the Queen’s funeral procession as her coffin made its journey to Windsor after the state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London.Among them were Amanda Pritchard, NHS chief executive, who in a statement said, “Her Majesty the Queen gave steadfast support to the NHS throughout her reign, and in return she had the admiration and respect of staff right across the health service.”Pritchard met the Queen when she received the George Cross on behalf of the NHS in July. “That was the proudest moment in the NHS’s long history,” she said. “It was a huge privilege to represent the NHS at a ceremony which so movingly reflected the enormous sense of loss—but also gratitude for a life well lived, which is felt not just across the health service but our whole country.”
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