Greater Manchester branch

Welcome

Welcome to the Greater Manchester branch of the Royal College of Nursing. The branch is made up of members from Bury, Bolton, Rochdale, Tameside, Oldham, Glossop, Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton. Details of employers within the branch are shown below.

Branch executive

Regional office support

Workplaces covered by the branch

  • Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
  • NHS Direct
  • Greater Manchester Ambulance Service
  • NHS Bolton
  • NHS Bury
  • NHS Oldham
  • NHS Tameside and Glossop
  • Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT
  • Buckley Hall Prison
  • University of Bolton
  • BMI Beaumont Hospital, Bolton
  • BMI Highfield Hospital, Rochdale
  • All independent sector employers, GP surgeries and nursing homes within this geographical patch.

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 Greater Manchester is Hamish Kemp and he can be contacted by email: hamish.kemp@manchester.gov.uk.

Branch meetings

  • Wednesday 25 July from 6.30pm to 8pm
    St Anne's Hospice, Peel Lane, Little Hulton M38 0FL.
  • Annual General Meeting and branch meeting - Wednesday 3 October from 6.30 to 8pm
    St Anne's Hospice, Peel Lane, Little Hulton M38 0FL.

Branch events

  • Tuesday, 15 May 2012 - bus to RCN Congress
    The Greater Manchester branch is providing a bus for travel to Congress.  This bus is free for members and there are various pick-up and return points.  The bus books up very quickly so book your seat early.  For more information contact Sue Nuttall by email: susan.nuttal@boltonft.nhs.uk.
  • Thursday, 14 June 2012 from 9am to 12noon at St Annes Hospice, Little Hulton
    Come along to the RCN stand to meet your RCN Officer, Janine Dyson, and local representatives who will explain what the RCN can offer you and discuss what is happening locally with your employer.
  • Saturday, 23 June and Sunday, 24 June - The People's Carnival, Alexandra Park, Oldham
    The Greater Manchester branch are running a stand at this fabulous event and welcome you to come along and meet them.  The branch are hoping to take part in the parade but need volunteers to walk through the park with them.  If you would like to come and join in the fun (either the walk, the stand or both) please contact the branch secretary by email: caroleprocter01@gmail.com.

Branch minutes

Greater Manchester branch held their last branch meeting on Wednesday, 18 January at the Bolton office and the branch minutes (Word 23KB) are available for branch members to view.