Our long service awards recognise members of team CUH who've worked for the Trust for 20, 30 and 40 years. We wanted to share some of their stories with you. Sandy Goodburn is celebrating 30 years at CUH.
I trained as a nurse with the Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service, then as a midwife at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, specialising neonatal intensive care. I left nursing in 1981 to go to Sheffield University where I gained a first class honours degree and a PhD in Behavioural Ecology.
CUH has changed and expanded, and continues to do so. It is a centre for excellence in so many disciplines but despite this, it has not lost its humanity.
I left Sheffield to take up a research post in the Department of Preventive Medicine to develop a new screening test for Down’s syndrome. This test was the forerunner of the screening test used we use routinely today.
I was invited to assist in the implementation of the screening programme in East Anglia and so I joined the CUH family on 01 October 1990 and have run the programme ever since. Much has changed from our modest beginnings. We are now a regional centre covering five major hospitals and parts of Ireland.
CUH has changed and expanded and continues to do so. It is a centre for excellence in so many disciplines but despite this it has not lost its humanity. I have been particularly impressed by the Trust’s continued support for not only our patients, but also for the staff.
The Trust’s response to the pandemic has been outstanding and shows what can be achieved when all disciplines within a large organisation work towards a common goal.
Say thank you
Thank staff at CUH