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Guy Self is an English neurosurgeon and the former CEO of Holby General Hospital. He is very unpredictable, assertive and driven, Guy Self is a leader who demands excellence from others.
He is a spontaneous, original thinker who seldom lets rules dictate his lust for work and life. Irresistible to some, but dogmatic to others, he inspires intense loyalty and resistance with equal force. Always right, he will sullenly brood if betrayed and make life very difficult if need be; cross him at your peril.
Early life
During Guy's childhood, his father died and Valerie feared that this would result in him losing ambition, and she didn't want his talent going to waste. Instead, she would constantly push him to perfection by physically harming him and even locking him in the cupboard. In turn, this turned Guy against his mother and they became estranged once he'd reached adulthood and advanced in his career in medicine.
He was estranged from Valerie for a large portion of his life after this, including his marriage to Anya and the birth of their daughter Zosia. When she eventually required care, he supported her through the bills but refused to let her have anything to do with him or Zosia.
Time at Holby City Hospital (2013-)
He joined Holby City hospital in 2013 as the new CEO after Henrik Hanssen left the hospital to go back to Sweden with his son. Guy made a few changes to the wards of Holby City, which included Jac Naylor replacing Elliot Hope as Clinical Lead of Darwin.
Guy started to focus more onto the surgery side of things in April 2015, once he got told that he can not carry on performing in theatre and still be the Chief Executive Officer of Holby City Hospital. The the former CEO Henrik Hanssen returned and took over the position once again.
Interference in the ED (2014)
Guy makes his first appearance at the ED for a meeting regarding Martin Ashford's future in HCH following F2 Lily Chao 's decision to report Martin for misconduct. He gave Martin a warning and told Lily to be more careful. Guy next appears briefly, as Clinical Lead Zoe Hanna visits him following Connie Beauchamp's arrival in the ED. Zoe is furious that he hasn't discussed this with her but, Guy refuses to sack Connie, stating she is one of Holby's best ever surgeons that actually wants to work in the ED. When Zoe steps down as Clinical Lead she goes to Guy with Connie and said that she steps down so then Connie takes over the ED, Guy tells Connie to get rid of Zoe but she refusses to get rid of her because shes one of the greatest Consultants she's ever worked with.
When Guy Self resigned as CEO in Holby City, former CEO Henrik Hanssen took over the role in 2015, which now means Guy is no longer CEO of Holby General Hospital.
Behind the scenes
John Michie played Guy Self in Casualty as a crossover in 2014, he will also make an appearance for 2016 to help with Grace head injury following Too Old for This Shift.
List of Casualty appearances
- The Lies We Tell (22 March 2014)
- Valves to Vagrants (29 March 2014)
- The Dying Game (7 June 2014)
- Unhinged (14 June 2014)
- Falling: Part One (22 June 2014)
- The Index Case (18 October 2014)
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