Manchester Metropolitan University honoured one of the UK’s top nurses, Rosemary Cook, CBE.

Rosemary, who rose from Bradford practice nurse to director of the Queen’s Nursing Institute, receives an Honorary Doctorate of Letters for her contribution to community nursing and primary care.

She is the honoured guest at the 2008 Graduation Ceremony of the Faculty of Health, Psychology and Social Care at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

Rosemary has close links with the Faculty through its degree programmes in Community Nursing and its Academy for Health and Well-being.

Professor Vince Ramprogus, Dean of Faculty, said: “The ability of nurses to contribute to standards in the Health Service is now more important than ever. Rosemary Cook and the Queen’s Nursing Institute are making an invaluable contribution to the professionalism, knowledge and ambitions of thousands of nurses in this country.”