My CUH Story

Our staff are what make our hospitals special.

We have over 12,000 members of staff – each contributing to the safe, kind and excellent care we provide to our patients.

Alex Montgomery smiling towards the left of the camera.

My CUH Story - Alex Montgomery

Alex Montgomery, administrator for the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) team, tells us his My CUH Story as part of Disability History Month 2022.

My CUH Story - Sophie Phillips

Sophie, a speech and language therapist at CUH, tells us her CUH story.

Chloe has shoulder length, brown, braided hair. She wears metal rimmed glasses and gold stud earrings. She is wearing a black sleeveless top and her NHS lanyard.

My CUH Story - Chloe Giles

Chloe Giles, PA to Division A head of nursing and deputy head of nursing, shares her My CUH Story.

My CUH Story - Mark Barwick

Mark Barwick, occupational therapy support worker, shares his CUH story about being part of the occupational therapy (OT) team.

My CUH Story - Hannah Donald

As the adult critical care service Transfer celebrates its first birthday, lead nurse Hannah Donald shares her My CUH Story.

Juliette is wearing a dark navy uniform with yellow edging. She has short blond hair, worn in a side parting, with a pale pink streak at the front. She is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a yellow name badge and has two pens in her top pocket.

My CUH story - Juliette Buttimore

Juliette Buttimore, lead skull base & NF2 nurse practitioner, and co-clinical lead for the NF2 Eastern region, shares her My CUH Story.

Jackie has very long dark brown hair. She is smiling widely and is wearing a white t-shirt and black dungarees.

My CUH Story - Jaqueline Pires

Jaqueline Pires is a trainee biomedical scientist. She is one of three CUH finalists at the 2022 Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards.

Mrityunjaya has short dark hair and he is smiling widely at the camera. He is wearing traditional dress which is beige check, as well as a scarf around his neck. He is stood in front of a gazebo draped in yellow and orange garlands.

My CUH Story - Mrityunjaya Billur

Mrityunjaya Billur is a diabetes specialist nurse here at CUH. Also known as Jay, we talked to him as part of our Diwali celebrations.

Emil is stood in his office. He wears black trousers and a white collared shirt. He is smiling and has brown eyes and a short black beard.

My CUH Story - Emil Brown

Emil Brown, complaints case manager and Race Equality and Cultural Heritage (REACH) network co-chair, shares his My CUH Story as part of our Black History Month celebrations.

My CUH Story - Amanda Peck

Amanda Peck shares her experiences of being a nursery nurse at CUH, in our final story for Play in Hospital Week 2022.

Andrea is sitting at her computer. She has long dark hair and is wearing a leopard-print dress. She is smiling and holding some diabetes testing equipment.

My CUH story - Andrea Lake

Andrea Lake, diabetes specialist nurse (DSN) and our lead diabetes research nurse, shares her CUH story on Hypo Awareness Week.

My CUH Story - Steph Fairbain

After 15 years at CUH, Steph reflects on her role as therapeutic play manager.

My CUH Story - Kat Collen

Kat Collen shares why play is a necessity, not a luxury, in her story for Play in Hospital Week.

My CUH Story - Abi Arbon

Meet Nursery Nurse Abi Arbon and read about her role in the CUH play team.

My CUH Story - Sophie Barber

As Play in Hospital week kicks off at CUH, Sophie Barber, a play specialist working in the emergency department shares her story.

Head and shoulders picture of clinical engineer Rachel Andrews looking at a piece of equipment

My CUH Story - Rachael Andrews

This week is Healthcare Science Week. To celebrate, we interviewed Rachael Andrews, design and innovation engineer and clinical scientist at our hospitals.

Ruby is stood outside The Rosie Hospital, wearing a white smock top. She has long dark hair and is smiling at the camera.

My CUH story – Ruby Lopez

Ruby, a senior sister in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), says she is “a person of colour with a passion and vision for equality”. Here she shares her CUH story.

My CUH story – Siobhan Taylor

Siobhan, a senior charge nurse in our intensive care unit, shares her CUH story.

Jay Miles - My CUH Story - web listing image

My CUH Story - Jay Miles

To celebrate International Non-Binary Day we spoke to Jay Miles.

My CUH Story - David Cope

David Cope is a senior analyst/programmer in the research and development EDGE Project. David has worked at CUH since 2013 and told us what being diagnosed with Autism later in life was like.