 Since retiring from full-time work in October 2004, she has continued with Macmillan in a part-time capacity as Adviser for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals.She remains a Trustee of the National Council for Palliative Care and is undertaking various projects related to cancer services, nursing and care.She was created DBE in 1998 for her services to healthcare and nursing as Head Nurse and Director of Services at the Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, Merseyside and was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing later that year.