© Licensed to London News Pictures . 12/09/2017. Manchester , UK . ETHEL ARMSTRONG (88) , from Lanchester near Durham , who has worked in the NHS continually since its inception on 5th July 1948 , at the Health and Care Innovation Expo at Manchester Central Convention Centre . Ethel continues to work and is life patron of the NHS Retirement Fellowship charity and a Governor of Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust and hopes to remain in those roles and to have delivered over 70 years of service when the NHS turns 70 in 2018 . Photo credit: Joel Goodman/LNP