HEALTH workers have been rewarded for their dedication and loyalty at a prize-giving ceremony.

Long-serving staff at York Hospital NHS Trust and Selby and York Primary Care Trust were presented with certificates for 25 years of service at the NHS annual awards night.

Seventy-two hospital trust staff were rewarded for gaining qualifications in the last year and 37 for long service.

The primary care trust presented certificates last Thursday to 42 members of staff who gained qualifications such as NVQs, and ten loyalty certificates.