Last week RCN President June Clark accepted a posthumous award made to Trevor Clay by the Spanish College of Nursing for his 'outstanding contribution to nursing and his great friendship to the international nursing community'. It is the first time this award has been made to a non-Spaniard. From left to right: Taka Oguisso, deputy executive director of the International Council of Nurses, Council Vice Chair Pat Hughes, Council Chair Judith Hunter, RCN General Secretary Christine Hancock, June Clark and Miriam Ovalle Bernal representing the Spanish Royal College of Nursing.