Farewell
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A fond farewell to our long-serving staff Carol Bisby
Elayne Hardy
Carol Bisby has retired after working at LTHT for around 25 years in various areas including Medical Admissions, Leeds Chest Clinic, Sleep Service and the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST). For the last three years, Carol worked as part of the very successful YLST team. She was part of the project from the outset and brought invaluable skills and experience to the team. She willingly shared her knowledge and played a large part in training new members of the team.
Elayne Hardy has retired from her role in the Liver Transplant Unit after a lengthy career at LTHT. Elayne started in 1974 in A&E as a band 5 nurse, and after three years worked her way up to become a sister.
There have been several highlights during Carol’s time with the team including winning the Team of the Year award at the Time to Shine awards 2019, participating in fundraising events and publicity shoots. Carol has contributed to raising the profile of the project, funders Yorkshire Cancer Research and LTHT research throughout her time in the YLST team. The team wish her well in her retirement.
Denise Logan Denise Logan retired from her role as Administrative Co-ordinator for Holiday Dialysis at LTHT in April. Denise commenced employment with the Trust in 2007 via Taskmaster as a Medical Secretary in Renal Services. She then took over the role of Holiday Dialysis Coordinator in 2012. Denise’s work was arranging holiday dialysis for patients in the United Kingdom and abroad. Denise was described as supportive, hardworking, and loyal. Her plans for retirement are to spend more time with her family and visit her caravan in Skegness.
She moved to HDU at LGI as a band 7 and stayed there for seven years, taking a year out to complete a teaching degree, after which she worked for the School of Nursing for three years whilst starting a family. Elayne then returned to staff pool to get experience in different specialties. Elayne moved to a band 6 nursing role in ENT for four years, and then moved to colorectal. She finally arrived onto the Liver Transplant Unit where she remained until her retirement. Elayne is looking forward to spending more time at her holiday home in Florida, and more time with her grandchildren.
Denise’s team will miss her and greatly appreciates the extensive contribution she made to helping dialysis patients within the Renal Service. They wish Denise a long and very happy retirement.
Lindsey Knight Mr Lindsey Knight, Consultant ENT Surgeon, retired from LTHT in March. Lindsey was appointed to the post of Consultant ENT Surgeon at St James’s and Seacroft in 1995, joining a department of three other ENT consultants at that time. Delivering a comprehensive adult and paediatric ENT service, Lindsey developed
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and firmly established the regional paediatric airway service now based at LGI. With the formation of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Lindsey was instrumental in combining the two ENT departments across the city onto the present LGI site and enabling growth of the ENT department. Lindsey’s passion for sailing was everpresent, representing the LGI in the yearly NHS Regatta races. His colleagues wish him well in his retirement.