Freeman Hospital

Sergio and Emma Petrucci from Sunderland, who set up the Red Sky Foundation inspired by their daughter Luna, were honoured by King Charles at Buckingham Palace.

Beatrix Adamson-Archbold was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy when she was one and spent over a year in hospital attached to an artificial heart.

Sanjana Kochhar was the first person to receive a heart transplant as a result of a new method known as the 'Heartbox'.