Heatherwood Hospital Secretary Retires

Gifts Overwhelm Ascot Secretary

“ I’m Overwhelmed “. Mr Wilfred Douglas Squires said on Friday Afternoon. What Overwhelmed him were the nice things said about him at a function held by the staff at Heatherwood hospital Ascot, to mark his retirement at the end of last year.

Mr Squires who now lives at Tunbridge wells said his 33 years at the hospital had passed like a dream. “ which is not to say I haven’t worked hard” he added.

He thanked the staff for the help they had given him, including Mr Derek Fairman, who is the hospital’s third secretary.

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Comment:- As hospital’s change management and re-develop controversial decisions always need to be made but this doesn’t meet with everyone’s approval.

In a letter to Miss Brook Mr Squires wrote:-

“ I left Heatherwood at a crucial time as the expansion plans are in the final year of completion, and I think there will be hectic times ahead getting the scheme into working order. Coupled with this is the complete reorganization of nursing structures: domestic bonus schemes; medical staffing supply arrangements; and so on.

Everything seems to be in upheaval, so I was not sorry to say “Finis”. Scenically the place is ruined, the lovely wooded areas by the nurses home have just vanished and the usual ugly square boxes taken over instead, all in the cause of progress “.