The bi-annual Geoff Bacon award sponsored by Swann-Morton was recently presented to Nicola Piek by Quenton Greene of Medequip at the SATS Congress in Cape Town.

The award in memory of Geoff Bacon is presented for a research project into peri-operative care during a training period. The National Executive Board administer the competition and appoint the judges to evaluate the participants entries.

Nicola graduated from the University of the Free State, School of Nursing, Bloemfontein in 2009 currently works for the Mediclinic Hospital in Paarl.

We would like to congratulate Nicola on her achievement.