Queen's Nurse title given to children's nurse

Ms Adams (right) was one of 587 nurses working in community specialisms to receive the title in 2025

A public health nurse who works for Cornwall Council has been given the title of Queen's Nurse in recognition of her commitment to children's community health.

Sue Adams, 60, from Truro, was awarded the title by the Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN).

Ms Adams was one of 587 nurses working in community specialisms to receive the title in 2025.

She said: "I don't want this title to be about me. We all stand on the shoulders of other amazing people we work with and it's about them too."

'In my blood'

Cornwall Council said Ms Adams, who has been in the profession for 42 years, was with her 93-year-old father when she found out she was to be given the title.

"He was dead chuffed for me, really proud, and he said my mum would have been over the moon," Ms Adams said.

She said as a child she had "a nurse's costume and I remember tucking my teddies and dollies into bed and taking their temperatures.

"I think it was in my blood and my mum always encouraged me too."

Ms Adams is the second council employee to become a Queen's Nurse.

The title is open to any nurse with at least five years' experience working in the community and is a formal recognition of being part of a network of nurses committed to giving outstanding care, according to the QICN.

Cornwall Council said the crucial role Ms Adams played in setting up the Early Help Hub in Cornwall impressed the QICN in her application.

Councillor Hilary Frank, cabinet member for children, families and schools at Cornwall Council, said: "My warmest congratulations go to Sue on this well-deserved honour."