title: A&E leading nurse wins special award.
abstract: Una Bell, Service Director, Whipps Cross A&E Department, London, has won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Nurse 98 awards ceremony, held in London last month. Ms Bell who, along with her senior management roles in departments such as University College Hospital, King's College Hospital and Whipps Cross, is also involved with homelessness and drug misuse charities. In 1988, she was given Catholic of the Year award for her work following the King's Cross fire. She was also taken hostage in an armed siege last year in her department and was described by police as 'incredibly calm under such pressure'. Ms Bell's award, presented to her by Prime Minister Tony Blair, came as a complete surprise. Afterwards, she said she was 'thrilled and honoured'.