IC doc is first woman to win major award

ONE of Manchester's most experienced intensive care consultants, who worked on the coronavirus frontline, has become the first female doctor to win a prestigious national award.

- SOPHIE HALLE-RICHARDS

Professor Jane Eddleston is Joint Group Medical Director of Manchester University and also works as a critical care consultant at Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Her expertise was crucial to the hospital trust's pandemic response plan which saw thousands of patients across Greater Manchester successfully treated for the effects of Covid-19.

She also appeared at a Downing Street press conference in October 2020 to warn of the effect the virus was having on the region's hospital capacity.

And, she was instrumental in ensuring the trust had the equipment needed to save lives.