UK-Med said the ceremony highlighted “the UK’s longstanding commitment to medical humanitarianism” while also “bringing attention to the ongoing medical crisis in Gaza, where thousands remain in urgent need of medical assistance”.
Dr Newport was among 14 frontline medical responders associated with British emergency medical charity UK-Med to receive the medal at Buckingham Palace.
Former British Army nursing officer Paula Tobin, 57, was also awarded the medal after being deployed to Gaza three times to work in UK-Med’s field hospital in Al Mawasi.
An NHS medic who provided care in Gaza has said being given a Humanitarian Medal by the King was recognition that the work was “valuable”.
UK-Med said Ms Tobin, an NHS emergency nurse from Tavistock, Devon, had “provided urgent care to patients in some of the most challenging medical conditions imaginable”.
