Palace date for dedicated nurse Rita
A senior nurse at NHS Forth Valley has been recognised for her services to health.
Rita Ciccu Moore, NHS Forth Valley’s deputy nurse director, has been awarded an MBE as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her services to nursing and the NHS Forth Valley Nurses Choir.
Beginning her nursing career in the former Stirling Royal Infirmary, Rita has worked in the health service for more than 40 years.
Following an intensive care course in Glasgow, involving the cardiac intensive care unit, coronary care and orthopaedics, Rita returned to a promoted post based at Stirling Royal Infirmary’s Queen Elizabeth Wing.
She also coordinated the merger of intensive care departments at the former Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary into one department at Stirling, as well as undertaking other professional leadership posts before she was appointed to her current role at NHS Forth Valley.
Rita also founded the popular nurses choir, which has performed across Scotland and beyond at hospitals, churches, care homes and even the Scottish Parliament.
Under Rita’s stewardship, the choir has raised more than £10,000 for charities and good causes, including the BBC’s Children in Need appeal.
Rita commented:“Recognition like this can only enhance the profile of our caring profession.
“Nurses are proud of what they do, working together as a team to enhance the care offered to parents and families.
“On a personal basis I am both humbled and overwhelmed to become an MBE - it is the icing on the cake of a long career in nursing.”