A NURSE who has made a huge contribution to healthcare both at home and over the border in Wales has been to London to collect her MBE which was awarded last summer.

Familiar to many, Bobby Morris from Burghill, recognised for her work in the Queen’s Birthday Honours last June, was accompanied by her husband, Paul and son, Barnaby Bolt when she was presented with her award in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace by Prince Charles.

A nurse for the last 40 years, working in the county and then in Wales, she is at present the associate director for efficiency and effectiveness at the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

She has been a nurse for the last 40 years, working in Hereford and then Wales. She is currently the associate director for efficiency and effectiveness at the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

She has had many different roles and played a part in the development of a new hospital in Ebbw Vale.

Mrs Morris said one of the things she is most proud of is setting up the Charles Renton Unit at Hereford County Hospital.

She said: “I was lead cancer nurse in Hereford at the time. I also set up the Macmillan breast cancer service in Hereford in 1990. I started off on my own but it is huge now.”

Mrs Morris said she felt overwhelmed to be given the award.