CHATTER BOX Your fortnightly bulletin for SaTH colleagues and events Friday 7 July 2023
Trust represented at Westminster service Five of our colleagues were selected to represent SaTH at Westminster Abbey for the NHS75 service on Wednesday 5 July. They are Mel Amor, volunteer; Mei-See Hon, Consultant Obstetrician; Shireen Mitcham, MRI Lead Radiographer; Jamie Henry, Senior Practice Education Facilitator and Kev Malton, Medical Device Library Technologist.
the 75th birthday of the NHS.” Mel Amor, a volunteer at PRH, said: “It was just magical and inspiring. We all felt overwhelmed in the Abbey - it was quite surreal. I think we all felt very honoured to represent SaTH at such an event. We just sat there, taking in our surroundings and it was absolutely fascinating.”
Jamie Henry, Senior Practice Education Facilitator, said: “I felt really proud to be a part of this lifeDr Mei-See Hon, Consultant Obstetrician, said: “The service itself was a moving tribute to the many changing organisation. It was a chance for me to reflect on all the people I have worked with in the hundreds of thousands of clinical and non-clinical NHS and I felt really proud of the massive impact of staff who make up the NHS. It was a truly an honour to be chosen to represent SaTH and be part our collective dedication to serve the communities we live in.” of the celebrations at Westminster Abbey to mark Louise Barnett, Chief Executive, said: “When the NHS was founded in 1948, it was the first universal health system to be available to all, free at the point of delivery, and it continues to touch all of our lives today. “The NHS has seen enormous change over the years and faced and risen to
many challenges, but it has always evolved and adapted to meet the needs of each generation, delivering huge medical advances along the way. “This is all down to the incredible people who together make up our National Health Service. Thank you.”