It’s nearly the end of 2016 and we thought we’d spend the the twelve days of Christmas sharing some stories and successes from the last year from across the Trust, as well as some useful tips to stay healthy in 2017.
We’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
On the fifth day….
A popular member of staff has bid a fond farewell to Heartlands Hospital where he has worked for 36 years and where he met his future wife.
55-year-old Colin Dyer worked in a variety of roles at Heartlands, from his beginnings working in Medical Records as a records porter to his role for the last 13 years as an information systems analyst in the IT department.
He has seen plenty of changes in his time and had many memorable moments, but none more so than when romance blossomed at a water cooler when he was introduced to his now wife of almost 10 years, Kathy.
Colin said: “We both worked in IT when we met, Kathy as an IT trainer. I hadn’t met her before but soon began flirting. I had to do a presentation and I asked her for some help and then I asked her for a meal. It went from there and three years later we were married.
“It turned out that we had actually lived down the road from each other in Stechford for years and had actually gone to the same junior and senior schools without realising.”
While Colin begins his retirement, Kathy will be continuing her current role as the renal dialysis coordinator at the Trust but she said she will make sure her husband has a long list of chores to keep him busy.
Colin added: “I am looking forward to what lies ahead and the list of work my wife has planned for around the house and in the garden. I am also going to be learning Spanish.
“It’s difficult saying goodbye to friends and colleagues who have made my job at Heartlands so very enjoyable over the past 36 years. I would like to thank them for their friendship, help and support over the years. I have shared some great experiences and had plenty of fun along the way.
“It has been a real pleasure and I am taking away many great memories of the time I have shared here.”
