The NHS is marking its 75th anniversary with a special service at Westminster Abbey later.
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will join the Prime Minister, Labour leader, and 15-hundred health workers.
May Parsons, an associate chief nurse at Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust who delivered the world’s first vaccine outside of a clinical trial in December 2020, will carry the George Cross into the Abbey in a procession.
Speaking to Bucks Radio - May said: “It was one of the greatest honours of my life to be one of those who received the George Cross from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth last year and it will be another enormous privilege and ‘pinch-me’ moment to carry the Cross as part of the procession into Westminster Abbey on Wednesday.
“The service and other activities next week provide NHS staff and volunteers, and everyone else across the country too, with a perfect opportunity to reflect on what the health service has achieved over the last 75 years and how far we have come.
“For me, it is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the moment I delivered the first vaccination outside of a trial to the brilliant Maggie Keenan, something which kick-started one of the highlights of NHS history – the hope the world leading vaccination programme gave the world – which helped get the country back to normal and saved so many lives”.
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