A doctor who has been to some of the most war-torn countries in the world is among the Cumbrians who’ve been named on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Former Maryport GP Dr Sean Hudson has been awarded an MBE for services to providing medical aid and education.

A former partner at Maryport Health Services, Dr Hudson, of Caldbeck, was also vocal about the retention of beds at Maryport hospital and was one of the campaigners who helped keep community hospitals open 10 years ago.

During his time in the town he took leave to help patients affected by the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone in 2014.

Recently he has been helping the refugee effort by doing medical training in Cameroon and has previously worked in places such as Haiti, Nepal, the Philippines, Iraq, Jordan and Syria.

As well as treating patients in Cumbria, Dr Hudson, 48, works with the UK medical emergency team, which responds to conflicts and other humanitarian crisis.

He said: “It’s an honour and a delight. I feel very grateful that I’ve been put in a position to do this sort of work and the people that I work with work as hard as they do.

“My children are also very excited at the prospect of going to Buckingham Palace.”

He regularly works for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office teaching how to care for those in disaster areas.

“We do a lot of pre-emptive work and try to train local populations about different health issues,” he added.

“I’ve got a good wife, Caroline, who allows me to go away and work, which otherwise wouldn’t be possible.”

Dr Hudson was one of a number of people from Cumbria to be commended by the Queen for exceptional contributions to life in the county and beyond as part of the honours list, released twice a year.