Winchester Hospital Radio has scooped two awards in hospital broadcasting's equivalent of the Oscars.

The station, staffed entirely by volunteeers, is on the airwaves 365 days a year.

The station was voted one of the top ten in the country, getting commended in the best special event broadcast category for its coverage of the Queen's golden jubilee. And station manager, Anna O'Brien, was awarded bronze as the UK female presenter of the year.

Anna said: "When they read out my name for the top five nominations, I was speechless - very rare for me - as this is the first time I've entered the awards.

"I'm passionate about hospital radio and the benefits this personal service brings to people while they are in hospital so it was great to see our efforts at WHR being recognised nationally.

"We do find music is a great therapy for people. Having their favourite track played or just having their name mentioned on air is a wonderful boost."

In addition, engineer Nigel Dallard, a volunteer at WHR for 15 years, picked up a long-service award. The National Hospital Radio Awards are run annually by the UK Hospital Broacasting Association to recognise the best in hospital radio. The awards which attracted a record number of entries this year were presented in Slough to coincide with the start of National Hospital Broadcasting week.

It is not the first time that WHR has received national recognition. The station was runner-up in the 2000 Hospital Radio Awards for its speech based programming and back in 1997 scooped top honours for its election special when it broadcast through the night and beat both the BBC and ITV with news of the recount at Winchester.

Pictured are just some of the volunteers of Winchester Hospital Radio.