Her mother conducted health visits and provided nursing and midwifery services and her father was a doctor.
[5] In the late 1970s, Pembrey began work on district clinical practice development with the Oxfordshire health authority.
In 1989, Pembrey founded the Institute of Nursing in Oxford in collaboration with the RCN, based at the Radcliffe Infirmary.
[2] The Sue Pembrey Chair at Queen Margaret University Edinburgh was named in her honour and was held by Professor Jan Dewing[6] until her death in 2022.
[7] The Sue Pembrey Award was created to support clinical leaders and person-centred cultures in nursing.