Award for Cynthia !!

For over 30 years Cynthia Atwell has made a major contribution to occupational health practice, having worked in a variety of environments including heavy engineering, food, agriculture, milling, health service, local government and transportation.
Also qualified as a teacher, she spent 5 years teaching occupational health and remains a visiting lecturer to the Universities of Birmingham Surrey and Wolverhampton, as well as having set up a Diploma in OH Practice at the University of Warwick.

Cynthia has served as a member of the HSC in 1996-98 (the first OH nurse to be appointed to the commission) and earlier, on the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting. She is a member of the Association of OH Nurse Practitioners, the RCN Society of Occupational Health Nurses, the OH Manager's Forum, the British Occupational Hygiene Society and the National Occupational Health Forum, and has represented the UK on the Federation of OH Nurses in the European Union.

Cynthia is widely published, including contributions to chapters to four professional occupational health publications. She has been a member of the editorial panel of the Occupational Health Journal for the past six years.

With her wide and varied experience, Cynthia now works as a consultant, and continues to contribute her expertise to RoSPA and other organisations committed to raising the profile of occupational health.