Susan Pembrey

Susan Pembrey FRCN OBE (1942 – 2013) was a British nurse best known for her contributions to the development of nursing practice and to patient-centred hospital care.[1]

Early life and education

Pembrey was born in Sussex to a medical family, with a mother who conducted health visits and provided nursing and midwifery services, and a father who was a doctor.[2][3] From 1961 to 1964, she trained at the Nightingale School of Nursing at St Thomas' Hospital, and followed this with a diploma in social administration from the London School of Economics.[2]

Career

Pembrey began her career in the research unit of the General Nursing Council. In the early 1979s, she became a ward sister at St Thomas'.[4]

Pembrey was a member of the Briggs committee.[5]

Pembrey researched the role of the ward sister and their contribution for a Ph.D. with the University of Edinburgh. Her thesis, The Ward Sister – Key to Nursing: A Study of the Organisation of Individualised Nursing, was published by the Royal College of Nursing in 1980.[2]

In the late 1970s, Pembrey began work on district clinical practice development with the Oxfordshire health authority.[5]

In 1989, Pembrey founded the Institute of Nursing in Oxford in collaboration with the RCN, based at the Radcliffe Infirmary.[5]

Awards and honours

Pembrey was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in 1979. In 1985, she joined the Commission of Nursing Education.[5]

She was awarded the OBE for services to nursing in 1990.[2]

Death and legacy

The Sue Pembrey Chair at Queen Margaret University Edinburgh was named in her honour and is held by Professor Jan Dewing.[6]

The Sue Pembrey Award was created to support clinical leaders and person-centred cultures in nursing. It was awarded from 2016.[7]

During the 70th anniversary celebrations of the NHS, Pembrey was noted as one of the 70 nurses who most influenced the NHS from 1948 to 2018.[8][9]

Pembrey's archive is held by the Royal College of Nursing Archives.[10] They also hold an oral history interview with Pembrey.[3]

References
  1. Shaw, Theresa (26 July 2016). "Celebrating the Role of the Ward Sister* in Contemporary Practice". Foundation of Nursing Studies. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  2. Ersser, Steven (2013-06-10). "Susan Pembrey obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  3. "Interview with Susan Pembrey". Royal College of Nursing Archives. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  4. Adams, John (2013-04-24). "Susan Pembrey: 1942-2013 Nursing research pioneer into the ward sister role". Nursing Standard. 27 (34): 32–32. doi:10.7748/ns2013.04.27.34.32.s50. ISSN 0029-6570.
  5. Titchen, Angie; Ersser, Steve; McCormack, Brendan (2013). "A key founder of practice development: in celebration of Dr Susan Pembrey, 1942-2013" (PDF). International Practice Development Journal. 3 (1): 1–3.
  6. "QMU's first nursing chair to focus on person centred care and dementia". Queen Margaret University Edinburgh. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  7. "Sue Pembrey Award 2020". Foundation of Nursing Studies. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  8. Ely, John (2018-07-03). "70 of the best: NHS celebrates its most influential nurses". Nursing Standard. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  9. Shaw, Theresa (4 July 2018). "Celebrating 70 Years of the NHS #NHS70". Foundation of Nursing Studies. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  10. "Pembrey, Susan Elizabeth Manthorp, (fl 1960-2010), nurse". National Archives. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
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