Two of Team NUH recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022 | Latest news

In her Birthday Honours, the Queen has recognised two members of staff from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Consultant Professor Nicholas Peirce, who is also the Chief Medical Officer for England and Wales Cricket Board, has been awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to sport during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nick Carver, Chair of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, has been awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to the NHS.

Professor Nicholas Peirce

Prof Peirce has been recognised for playing an integral part in helping sport to return to the world stage after it was forced to pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

He has been a consultant at the Queen’s Medical Centre since 2001 and currently supports the Musculoskeletal (MSK) service.

In 2020 Prof Peirce joined the UK Health Security Agency (previously Public Health England) as a Special Clinical Advisor.

Prof Peirce has been recognised for this during the pandemic and received awards from the English Cricket Board and the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine in 2020 and 2021.

Prof Peirce, Head of Service at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH) and Chief Medical Officer for England and Wales Cricket Board, said: “I am very humbled to have been recognised in this way and I am grateful to my colleagues for supporting and enabling me to take on these roles in sport.

"In addition to the amazing work of the NHS, there was a role for sport and physical activity in helping individuals and communities to support multiple aspects physical and mental health.

"This was through participation and engagement at all levels. What has been clear is that we have seen fantastic collaboration and teamwork, born out of necessity, and I am grateful for NUH’s support in allowing me to work in a new role with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department of Health, Public Health and sporting bodies.”

 

Nick Carver,  Chair of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.

Nick Carver has been awarded an OBE for his services to the NHS.

Nick has worked in the NHS for 42 years joining as a hospital porter, and then qualified as a registered nurse before moving into health service management.

Nick has held several senior roles in the NHS in the East of England, West Midlands, West Country and South Wales.

He joined East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust as Chief Executive in November 2002, retiring in December 2021 having held the role for 19 years.

He is passionately committed to leadership development and has supported the Aspiring Chief Executive programme, was the lead for a widely praised Aspiring Directors Programme and previously chaired the Midlands and East Talent Board, which established improved mechanisms for the development of senior talent within the NHS.

Nick Carver, Chair of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, said: “I am delighted to have been honoured by Her Majesty the Queen.

“I am conscious that it has been my great privilege over many years to lead fantastic teams of talented people and I am very mindful that any success that I have had has undoubtedly been down to their cumulative talents.”

Nick was appointed as Chair of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust on 1 February 2022.

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Further background information on Professor Nicholas Peirce:

His path into sport followed a Masters (MSc) in Sports Medicine at the University of Nottingham and then an overseas Sports Medicine Fellowship at the Australian Institute of Sport.

Before joining the world of cricket, Prof Peirce was Chief Medical Officer for: the GB World Class Canoeing Program 1997-2017; Great Britain Rowing; Team GB at Sydney and Athens Olympics and for the Lawn Tennis Association Great Britain Davis Cup team 2001-2007.

Prof Peirce currently supports the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, the Active Hospitals and Health Improvement program, and Community MSK services. He is also an honorary Chair in Clinical Sports Medicine at Loughborough University, supervises PhD students, contributes to research, and has spent seven years as Lead Physician at the University.

His extensive and successful career has seen him attend, and be an adviser to, the International Cricket Council and the Commonwealth Games.  He was awarded the British Association of Sports Medicine travelling scholarship in 1998 and with the English Cricket Board; he won the BMJ award for Sport and Exercise Medicine Team of the Year in 2013.

In 2020 Prof Peirce joined the UK Health Security Agency (previously Public Health England) as a Special Clinical Advisor. This role saw him set up working groups and chairing steering groups with originations such as government bodies and sporting officials so they could: Produce guidelines, use modelling, testing regimes and research, to demonstrate how all sport could open back up safely after the pandemic.

This integral work saw the return of sport including the first sporting events worldwide, some of the first recreational sports internationally and it supported how international travel could open back up.

Finally, Prof Peirce was the lead doctor for Nottingham Forest Football Club for nearly 20 years, until retiring from football in 2018.

He holds the following roles:

• Chief Medical Officer for England and Wales Cricket Board since 2007. He has worked to improve athlete medical services across the game, balancing a high-performance environment and wellbeing. This has included developing a department ‘Duty of Care’, dedicated to trying to make the whole game safer though evidence-based interventions, including sponsoring research into Cardiac Screening, Concussion, Helmet Safety, Injury Surveillance, Bone Health, Biomechanics and Lumbar Stress fractures, Mental Health, and Emergency Care
• Head of Service and an NHS Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine at Nottingham University Hospital, QMC, Nottingham
• Honorary Clinical Professor in Sports Medicine at Loughborough University
• Special Consultant Advisor in Sports Medicine to Public Health England.