North West Council members

RCN Council is the organisation's governing body, responsible for setting the RCN's priorities, objectives and policies. The North West representatives on RCN Council are:

Hamish Kemp

Hamish works as a clinical lead for the short term assessment and intervention service at Manchester Learning Disability Partnership. His role is to co-ordinate the clinical support of people with learning disabilities who have additional complex behaviour and/or additional mental health needs, as well as being the service's regional manager. He is qualified in both learning disability and mental health nursing, has a diploma in forensic learning disabilities and holds the Registered Managers' Award.

Hamish has a keen interest in the support of stewards and employment matters as they relate to nurses. His particular interests are in the development of pay modernisation and the working time regulations. Hamish can be contacted by email at hamish.kemp@manchester.gov.uk.