These are 22 photos of Sunderland’s health heroes – as nominated by you

The people who keep our National Health Service – and our country – running really cannot be praised enough.

We are celebrating our key worker heroes, and we’ve asked you to highlight the brave individuals and teams you know who are working on the frontline.

Here’s a lineup of some Sunderland #healthheroes we should all applaud.

We’ve had an overwhelming response, so if we missed your nominee out, we’ll try to give them the shout out they deserve in the days to come.