International Health Humanities Network Membership

Sue qualified as a RGN in 1982 at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, she then qualified as a District Nurse in 1985 and then worked as a Diabetes Specialist Nurse for a number of years before moving into higher education in 1996.

Sue Spencer first attended a creative writing workshop with Julia Darling in 2004 and her life has never been the same since. Finding magic in words Sue has studied the MA in Poetry at Newcastle University and has led a number of writing workshops across the North East particularly related to well-being.

Originally the poet in residence at Willow Burn Sue moved from her post as Senior Lecturer in Adult and Community Nursing at a local University to be Head of Clinical Services at Willow Burn in August 2014.

One of her visions (she has quite a few!) is to ensure that the creative arts and health care practice are more closely linked together for the benefit of all patients, carers, families and staff who work in the Hospice setting.

Sue has written  and presented at Conferences about the power of poetry in health care and is an active member of Lapidus.