SIOP warmly congratulates Rachel Hollis OBE FRCN and Pam Kearns on being awarded OBEs in the King’s Birthday Honours List for services to nursing and medicine.
Rachel Hollis, a long-standing SIOP member and paediatric oncology nursing leader, has advanced childhood cancer nursing nationally and globally through her leadership, advocacy, and work on standards of care and integration within the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer.
Pam Kearns, a leading paediatric oncologist and former SIOPE President, has made an exceptional contribution to childhood cancer research, clinical trials, and international collaboration, strengthening outcomes for children and young people with cancer worldwide.
SIOP extends its sincere congratulations to both honourees for their outstanding and lasting impact on the field.
“I am so pleased and proud to have been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List for services to nursing. I am privileged to have been a member of this brilliant global nursing profession for over 40 years. Every day and in countless ways I see nurses making the difference – to their patients and communities, to health and care services, to society, and humanity. It is an honour to stand with you. Thank you to the many nursing friends and colleagues I have worked with, and learned from, and who continue to inspire me.”
