 The hospital was renamed the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Anstey extended its responsibilities into community health.In 1958 she was elected councillor of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (RANF)'s Western Australian branch, of which she would serve as president from 1962 to 1966.She was on the council of the College of Nursing, Australia, from 1964 to 1971 and federal president of the RANF from 1971 to 1975.