Cheshire West branch

Welcome

Welcome to the Cheshire West branch of the RCN. The branch executive comprises of Sheila Dunbar, Nick Kelly and Angela Edwards and contact details are shown below.

The branch covers a geographical area from Wirral to Chester up to Warrington and incorporates primary care trusts, acute trusts as well as some private organisations and these are detailed below.

There are lots of experienced representatives covering health and safety and learning; and representatives covering a wide area of specialities such as mental health, oncology, surgery, ITU and community. With such a wide knowledge base and areas of expertise, there is always good peer support from the branch for new and old representatives alike in all areas of work.

The branch is forward thinking and is always looking for new ideas and ways of working and promoting the branch. We are always looking for new representatives with a passion for nursing and supporting nurses in a variety of areas.

Branch executive

Regional office support

Workplaces covered by the branch

  • Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust
  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
  • Halton and St Helens PCT
  • NHS Warrington
  • Wirral Community Trust
  • NHS Western Cheshire
  • Risley Prison
  • Thorn Cross Young Offenders Institute
  • Cheshire Health Protection Agency
  • University of Chester.

Regional board link

Each branch has a member of the regional board who links in with them to keep the branch informed about board activities and provide an effective route to enable the branch to feed information back. The regional board link for Cheshire West branch is Marcia Jones and she can be contacted by email:marcia.jones@cwp.nhs.uk.

Future branch events

  • Branch meeting and social event/recruitment drive - Saturday 30 June 2012
    Venue and times to be confirmed.
  • Branch meeting/annual general meeting - Monday 22 October 2012 from 4pm to 6pm
    Holiday Inn Hotel, Wrexham Road, Chester.