title: 'Cleft palate services had to be reformed'.
abstract: Vanessa Martin was nurse of the year in 2000 for her work supporting the families of children with cleft palate. She helped reorganise services nationally and, now retired, still visits a cleft service in Romania she helped to set up.
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pearce
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000592:standards; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom