Twenty-nine members of staff at Guy’s and St Thomas’ have been honoured for collectively dedicating more than 725 years of service to the NHS.
The Trust’s long service awards, funded by Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity, saw the staff who have each contributed at least 25 years of service receive awards at the celebratory event.
Staff given the award have varied roles at Guy’s and St Thomas’ including housekeeping assistants, matrons, radiographers, researchers, and surgeons.
Michael Connolly has been an ambulance care assistant and staff shuttle bus driver at the Trust for 29 years.
Working with patient transport services, he would collect patients from their homes across southeast London and Kent and transport them to and from the hospital, sometimes several times a week.
Michael said: “Patients recognise me in the shops because I’m a local lad from the Old Kent Road.
“I pride myself on manners and politeness. That’s what is important. Be calm, listen to the patients, and talk to them nicely. And don’t hurry them.”
Other recipients included Martin Gough, who has been a children’s orthopaedic surgeon at the Trust since 1998 and Judith Hall, a physiotherapist and head of the community rehabilitation and falls service who has worked in the NHS for 27 years.
Each staff member was presented with a gold badge.