LONG serving Bradford hospital staff, who have clocked up an amazing 1,890 years’ service between them, have been rewarded for their loyalty.

A special awards ceremony was held to thank staff at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, who have completed 30 years’ service in the NHS.

A total of 63 members of staff, including nurses, doctors, support and administrative staff were recognised for dedicating their careers to supporting and caring for patients across the district.

The staff work across the Trust’s family of hospitals, which include Bradford Royal Infirmary, St Luke’s Hospital, Westwood Park and Westbourne Green, and were presented with certificates, a special NHS badge and vouchers by the Trust’s chairman, Max Mclean.

Mel Pickup, the Trust’s Chief Executive, said: “I would like to congratulate all the long service recipients for their dedication, unstinting loyalty and efforts to the NHS here in Bradford.

“It really is quite humbling to hear about the journeys they have all been on throughout their careers."

Recipients were: Margaret Fletcher; Peter Bobak; Catherine Callan; Susanne Walsh; Angela Brownjohn; Caroline Speed; Kathryn Kitchen; Kashmir Kaur; Janet McGuigan; Sharon Widdop; Karen Boden; Carol Dyson; Joanne Kennedy; Gillian Peel; Kathleen Nolan; Tracy Titre; Jasbir Kaur; Lindsey McCorry; Louise Clarkson; Lisa Lawrie; Carol Jagger; Sharon Bell; Patricia Allan; Catherine Sargent; Karen Bentley; Janet Hattersley; Kathryn Artist; Ruth Shepherd; Christine Jones; Doreen Szutka; Yvonne Renton; Pamela Singh; Saky Gill; Rosemary Jeeps; Karen Louise Goss; Julie Firth; Jennifer Baker; Alison Cooke; Wendy Davis; Jayne Holmes; Carolyn Ingham; Andrew McHale; Susan Procter; Amtul Ijaz; Balbiro Dhillon; Lynn Harrison; Tracy Wain; Alison Wolfenden; Sheila-Ann Vaughan; Lisa Gunn; Conrad Beckett; Andrew Buckroyd; Divya Keshani; John Rhodes; Sarah Crowther; Su Coultas; Judith Lowther; Paul Reynolds; Janeen Orford; Sue Morgan; Janet Frith; Tracy Lamb and Patricia Smyth.