The man in the white coat
St Mark’s longest serving staff member was also one of its most unassuming.
HJR ‘Dick’ Bussey clocked up an extraordinary 60 years’ service after joining its ranks as a teenage lab assistant.
He worked closely with pathologist Cuthbert Dukes who was instrumental in setting up the world’s first Polyposis Register which monitors and treats successive generations of families carrying a group of cancer carrying genes.
Dick’s interest in polyposis saw him win a PhD for his work on polyposis and become world famous for his knowledge about the condition.