Richard Fox retires

Richard Fox retires

Colleagues bid a fond farewell to Richard Fox who retired from NHS Lanarkshire in October after 35 years service.

The senior infection prevention and control nurse, who was based at Monklands Hospital, began his career with the NHS in 1980 when he joined Greater Glasgow Health Board as an enrolled nurse in the orthopaedic unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

That same year, Richard joined Lanarkshire Health Board as an enrolled nurse in A&E at Monklands Hospital, a role in which he remained for three years.

In 1984 Richard moved to London and continued his nursing role with the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.  While living in London, Richard also took up employment at St Bartholomews Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital and the Royal Brompton and National Heart Hospitals.

In 1989 Richard returned to Scotland and joined Lothian Health Board where he worked in the orthopaedic unit at Edinburgh’s Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital before moving to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

In 1991 Richard joined NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and spent the next 17 years working as an enrolled, staff and charge nurse and thereafter ward manager in the cardiac transplant and national heart failure unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

In 2008 Richard joined NHS Lanarkshire as a senior infection prevention and control nurse (NHS Lanarkshire-wide) at Monklands Hospital, a role in which he remained until his retirement.

Richard lives in Hamilton and, in his spare time, enjoys socialising, hillwalking, holidays and reading.  He is also currently learning to speak Italian.

Richard has enjoyed his time with NHS Lanarkshire so much so that he will return on a part-time basis to his former role as senior infection prevention and control nurse through BankAide.

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