[2] She then took a laterel move to become sister tutor at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital from 1953-1955[2] which enabled her to look after her recently widowed mother, who lived with Westbrook in the matron's flat.
[2] At Southmead she was appointed a member of the South West Regional Hospital Board and was able to put forward her views on patient care.
[4] This led her to sit on the RCN's committee that published the inflential Platt Report 1964 on the Reform of Nursing Education.
[6] Westbrook went on to represent the RCN as a member of the Committee that published the Salmon Report on Senior Nursing Staff Structure in 1966.
In 1967 Westbrook was appointed to the newly created National Nursing Staff Committee which arose out of the Salmon Report.