District nurse Sonia Denny, 69, spent an extra special birthday on May 21 when she visited Buckingham Palace for a garden party hosted by Prince William. Mrs Denny, who is a member of the community early intervention team at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, which runs West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds, was one of a group of invitees recognised for their work in public and voluntary services. The gates of Buckingham Palace (Image: West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust)She said the best part of the day was spending it with her family, as well as the people she met. “In the Buckingham Palace grounds no one sat down as the tables and chairs were soaked, but I saw a lady on her own, who was about my age," Mrs Denny said. Mrs Denny joined West Suffolk Hospital as a cadet nurse aged 17 in 1972, in the “old” hospital for west Suffolk – St Mary’s.
