Bernadette Henderson with her award Andre Borowski after receiving his 40 years of service certificate Follow our X account @RoyalFreeNHS to see what our patients and staff are saying about us Celebrating decades of stellar service Congratulations to the dedicated RFL staff who were recognised at this year’s long service awards. Every year, these awards are given to members of staff who have been at the trust for 25 or 40 years, in recognition of their hard work and commitment. Two members of staff – Bernadette Henderson and Andre Borowski – have achieved 40 years’ service. Chief executive of BH, and acting chief executive of CFH, Deborah Sanders surprised them both with a visit, presenting them with a certificate and voucher along with some words of thanks. Deborah presented the first award to Bernadette Henderson, therapy services governance lead – advanced clinical practitioner, in the Woodlands Unit at BH. Deborah said: “Having worked in many different roles, you have been instrumental in developing and shaping the service and an integral part of our senior team leading on quality and safety. Your compassion and kindness is highly valued by everyone.” Receiving her award, Bernadette reflected: “Barnet Hospital has played a significant part in my life story. I was employed originally as a ‘basic grade physiotherapist’, since then both the hospital and I have been through many changes and evolutions. “Many thanks to everyone and in particular to my team for their support, vision, challenge, humour and friendship, it has been the best of times!” Tamsin Goffee, matron; Nicola Curzon, physiotherapist; Gladys Giwa, emergency care assistant; Alex Risley, emergency care assistant; Lisa Duke, staff nurse; Majed Allam, charge nurse; Brian Hickey, charge nurse; Savitry Sookraj, healthcare assistant; Pat Omaba, phlebotomist; Christine Gracey, specialist nurse practitioner; Patrick McGowan, consultant; Timothy Bull, consultant; Tracey Walton, medical secretary; Deborah Hodge, community practitioner; Rosa Ibrahim, clerical worker; Kerry Neate, specialist nurse practitioner; Nicola Fitzharris-Barton, specialist nurse practitioner; Denise Stanton, clerical worker; Isatou Jobe Essilfie-Quaye, midwife; Kymberly Taylor, midwife; Kelly Upson, clerical worker; Sharon Spaul, clerical worker; Andrew Pearce, senior manager; Utonyok Asuk, clerical worker; Adeola Gbadamosi, clerical worker; Ilidio Dias, domestic assistant; Myrna Doherty, domestic assistant; Shirley Pelaez-Cardona, domestic assistant; Lee Brockwell, porter; Michael Sterling, porter; Anthony Ward, porter; Michael Buttle, clerical worker; Olanike Akinsulire, charge nurse; Salonee Gopaul, radiographer – diagnostic; Kevin Lotzof, consultant; Brian Holloway, consultant; Maria Chysz, clerical worker; Thomas Kelly, clerical worker; Andie David, pharmacist; Nicola Mackulin, technician; Satu Hakkinen, technician; Iye Kargbo, clerical worker; Ailsa Evans, consultant; Duncan Jackson, consultant; Kaveeta Mohun, clerical worker; Andrea Francis, physiotherapist manager; Lorraine Jordan, charge nurse; Millicent Williams, clerical worker; Jacqueline Bodger, officer; Sarah Edwards, specialist nurse practitioner; Filippo Ferro, specialist nurse practitioner; David Stainer, specialist nurse practitioner; Beth Jacobs, receptionist; Margaret Parker, clerical worker; Adenike Adiat, phlebotomist; Irene Wahlberg, specialist nurse practitioner; Asha Chady, specialist nurse practitioner; Janita Feo, healthcare assistant; Rebekkah Sekyi, specialist nurse practitioner; Lucy Twyman, specialist nurse practitioner; Colette Durcan, medical secretary; Mary Dearie, specialist nurse practitioner; Donna Brogdale, clerical worker; Maria Clemente Meoro, consultant; Maureen Cumberbatch, clerical worker; Maame Gyamfuah, domestic assistant; Dawn Smith, senior manager; Rosalind Felton, radiographer – diagnostic manager; Martyn Caplin, consultant; Elizabeth Stubbs, specialist nurse practitioner; Michelle Humphrey, speech and language therapist manager. 3 Deborah also presented radiographer, Andre Borowski, with his award at CFH outpatients X-ray. Andre said: “I came here as an agency radiographer just before Christmas 1983. In March they offered me a full-time job, starting on April Fools’ Day! I remind myself of that date every year. “In those 40 years I have learned a few more modalities like CT and dental work, and I saw the introduction of digital. Lots of changes and experiences overall.” For those celebrating 25 years of service, a personal letter has been sent out from group chief executive Peter Landstrom, including messages of thanks and support from managers and colleagues. See the full list of staff below who have reached this major milestone. Hello and Peter Landstrom Group chief executive welcome to the November/December edition of our staff, members and governors’ magazine. As we enter the festive period, many of us will be looking forward to spending some much needed, and well-earned, time with our family and friends. Given the ongoing events across the world, it feels like that time will this year be more precious than ever. But this time of year, also serves to emphasise the huge sacrifices that so many of those who work in the NHS make for our patients, our colleagues, and our communities. Our choice, to serve those who need us when they are often at their most vulnerable, means we need to keep the show on the road – and that commitment is not taken for granted. Thank you so much to all of you who will be working during the upcoming holidays, I know things aren’t easy at this time of year and I’ve been spending as much time as possible visiting teams and listening to what you have to say, and what your ambitions are as we head into 2024. We must also never take for granted, those amazing colleagues who keep hospitals like ours running, when many of us are at home resting in preparation for the day ahead. In this edition of Freepress you can learn more about the teams who keep our hospitals safe overnight – thank you one and all. I hope that at some point during the festive season you will get the opportunity to take a break and recharge your batteries. I look forward to meeting many more of you next year and working alongside you to deliver the very best of what the NHS has to offer to our patients. Key to abbreviations: Barnet Hospital: BH Chase Farm Hospital: CFH Royal Free Hospital: RFH Royal Free London: RFL Roll of honour for 25 years 2
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