A former health visitor who became a senior manager at the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has retired after a career in the NHS spanning 42 years.
Judy Moorhouse, of Honley, started her nurse training in 1971 in Kettering, Northants, and became one of the youngest ward sisters in the country.
She left the NHS for 10 years to work in the private sector then came back to Huddersfield as a community health visitor.
She joined CHFT in 2001 as a general manager in medicine and has also worked on A&E targets.
Her roles have included the assistant divisional director of the medical and surgical divisions.
She said joining the trust after years outside hospitals was like “coming home.”
At her farewell do at the Learning Centre at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, she told colleagues: “Working here has been like my homeland.
“Joining the trust felt like ‘coming home’ to me and I have loved being a member of the teams here.
“I am not sure how I will feel not having you all around all the time.”
Former chief executive Diane Whittingham said: “Judy is driven and energetic but couples that with compassion and empathy.
“I worked with Judy for 15 years and it was a pleasure and a privilege to work with her, be a member of her team and be energised by her enthusiasm and commitment. She is a one-off, a star!”
