"Our staff have responded to every challenge."
Paul Fenton
Paul Fenton, ESNEFT's estates and facilities director, has been made an MBE
- Credit: ESNEFT
ESNEFT estates and facilities director Paul Fenton has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his work during the pandemic.
Mr Fenton, who is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the trust's hospitals, said the year had been "relentless" but made him proud to work for the NHS.
He said: "This year has been challenging and in many ways humbling. In what has been an awful year, the amazing things that have happened is the way NHS staff pulled together.