The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health has announced that Darryn Kerr, chief engineer at NHS Estates, has been awarded the 2005 John Edward Worth Silver Medal.
The medal is presented for outstanding work of a health related nature in architecture, buildings and medical engineering.
The Awards Committee stated that it was extremely impressed with
Darryn Kerr’s work relating to the decontamination of surgical instruments.
Over the last five years he has been the champion for raising standards in the NHS in England and has ensured co-operation and engagement with the other home countries, the private and voluntary sectors and industry.
The award is in recognition of the exceptional contribution to the promotion and improvement of health through this work.
In accepting this prestigious award, Darryn Kerr said he was delighted that the work of NHS Estates and the broader decontamination community had been acknowledged.
The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, whose current Patron is Her Majesty the Queen, was founded in 1876.
It is independent of Government, and its members consist of academics, and health professionals and practioners who share an interest in promoting health through their daily work, and come together to provide cross-cutting, multi-discplinary perspectives on current health questions.
