OBE honour for Lanarkshire charity chief executive

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A “visionary” charity chief executive from East Kilbride has been appointed OBE in King Charles’ first birthday honours list.Rhona Baillie received the prestigious honour in recognition of her work at the Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow, where she has been at the helm for 15 years and oversaw its £21 million fundraising campaign and move to bespoke new premises at the city’s Bellahouston Park.She says she is “incredibly honoured and humbled” by the honour for services to palliative care and to the hospice movement – which comes after a four-decade career in healthcare in both Scotland and Canada, including previous posts with Lanarkshire health board.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Originally from East Kilbride and now living in Strathaven, Rhona first qualified as a nurse in 1984 and spent a period working in Toronto, before returning home and earning a postgraduate degree in cancer nursing from Glasgow University and then a BSc in community health from Caledonian University.She worked in community palliative care, and then took up project management posts in Lanarkshire where she developed a service to support terminally ill patients who wished to die at home, campaigning for funding and with the project going on to receive a Scottish Parliament commendation.After working as a