found this in the Daily Mail - hope link works
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3487405/Smoking-hospital-wards-cleaning-wounds-maggots-pay-cheque-7-month-SIXTY-years-later-Britain-s-longest-serving-nurse-no-plans-retirement.html?ito=social-facebook
Thanks Sue- what an amazing woman!
Sarah
She's a hardy woman!!! What a great story
She has more stamina than I have. Nursing a young person's game. The speed of change and turnover of patient's gives little time to get to know people well.
On one hand its very commendable and fantastic, although on the other sad if that's all she has.
I have a friend here who is being "forced" to retire as she hits her 70th birthday this summer as she has fought against it until now (but at 70 organisation can now make her). She is not looking forward to retirement as she has no family and hates idea of being alone all day every day.