Article: Celebrating 40 years working in NHS A Scunthorpe man is celebrating 40 years working for the National Health Service.

A Scunthorpe man is celebrating 40 years working for the National Health Service.

Ralph Roberts (56) of Bottesford, works as a modern matron at Scunthorpe General Hospital and clocked up 40 years with the NHS on September 1.

He has been at Scunthorpe General for six years and before that was at Grimsby's Diana Princess of Wales Hospital.

Mr Roberts started his cadet training on September 1 1967 at Scunthorpe and was accepted to do his nurse training in 1969. He qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1972 and took up a post as a staff nurse on the male orthopaedic ward, where he stayed for three years.

In 1975 Mr Roberts, who has lived in Scunthorpe throughout his career, took a job at ...

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