A "compassionate and kind" nurse from Ipswich was invited to 10 Downing Street because of her work to improve the experience of people receiving mental health care.
Priscilla Nzounhenda, Matron at Lark Ward, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust's (NSFT) psychiatric intensive care unit in Ipswich, was invited to a garden party on July 4 to celebrate 74 years of the health service.
Priscilla chatted with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former health secretary Sajid Javid.
She said: "It was surreal, standing at the door of No 10 where world leaders have stood and then stepping into the hallway, I thought I was dreaming.
"When the invitation arrived from No.10, I was really emotional. I feel so grateful and genuinely humbled to have been chosen."
She was nominated by Lisa Nobes, director of nursing at the then Suffolk and North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, and the NSFT chief nurse, Diane Hull.
Diane said: "Priscilla is compassionate, considered, kind and clinically credible.
"Her excitement is infectious and her ability to enthuse and inspire, renowned. She is a very special person and a wonderful nurse."
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