RCN Eastern Region
I am delighted to welcome you to the RCN Eastern webpage. I am the director of the region, work with your two elected council members, Anne Wells and Carol Evans and lead the team of dedicated staff who support the work of the fantastic volunteer RCN activists in your hospital, university, clinic, surgery, healthcentre, nursing home or office. Please use this site to find out what is happening here in the Eastern Region and how you can join in with activities locally, regionally and nationally.
Working with you
As you know things change very quickly in health & social care. We appreciate information you email to us about the things that matter in your own areas. We want to know (treated in confidence) if you have concerns about staffing levels, the quality of care provision, the way you are managed or are being expected to manage others. We will be able to help you have access to local representatives or depending on the issue, staff of the RCN in order that you can be supported and we can help you uphold all the values and dignity we strive for on behalf of patient care.
You are not alone
The value of your RCN membership is that you do not need to feel on your own or that you need to put your head above the parapet. Our trained activists and staff here in Eastern Region will provide a range of advice, support and representation to help you.
Your views count
RCN Eastern structure and processes were devised and organised by staff and members together with the central aim to provide high quality, transparent, accessible systems of support to all members in the region. We are delighted that members consistently rate our services very highly, but we are always open to suggestions of ways in which we can improve, so please email me at karen.webb@rcn.org.uk if you would like to help activists and staff strengthen the support we give to members.
Be active - reap the rewards
I first became active as a member of the RCN when I became a steward in the 1980s. The training and development I received helped me progress from staff nurse to ward sister, senior nurse, nurse teacher and lecturer. More importantly though than my own gains, were the benefits I know my training led to for the people I managed, worked with or taught and most importantly of all the patients whose experience I had the ability to positively influence.
Join the Eastern Team
I believe that in order to look after others you must look after yourself. I feel privileged to work on your behalf and happy that I have the support of a great staff team, board, branch executives and activists. Why not become active yourself and feel the benefits of that support for yourself so that you can better help those around you?
If you want to join the RCN, you can get information about full membership, health care assistant membership, student or associate membership, from the Benefits of membership section. You can also join online using MyRCN.
Karen Webb - Regional Director