North Staffordshire

Every member of the Royal College of Nursing is affiliated to their local RCN branch.

If you are a member affiliated to the North Staffordshire branch - and you can check which is your local branch on your RCN membership card - you can take advantage of opportunities to meet fellow members, discuss issues of local interest and concern and take part in events and activities aimed at promoting your professional development.

The branch development programme for 2012 is set out below. 

Meetings and events in 2012

Professional behaviours and use of social networking sites workshop and RCN North Staffordshire members' meeting
Thursday 16 February

This event will be held in the Keele University Clinical Education Centre, University Hospital of North Staffordshire Campus, Newcastle Road, ST4 6QG, from 1.30pm, starting with a free lunch. Free to RCN members, £25 for non-members (redeemable against the cost of joining the RCN). For more details and to book your place call 0121 450 4334 or email isobella.biddle@rcn.org.uk with details of your workplace and membership number.

'Energising for Excellence (E4E) in Nursing' and the RCN’s Principles of Nursing Practice workshop
Thursday 26 April

Hosted by the RCN North Staffordshire branch, this event will start at 1.30pm with a free sandwich lunch in Academic Room 2, Harplands Hospital, Hilton Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6RR. Free to RCN members, £25 for non-members (redeemable against the cost of joining the RCN). For more details and to book your place call 0121 450 4334 or email isobella.biddle@rcn.org.uk with details of your workplace and membership number.

Leadership in a clinical environment workshop and RCN North Staffordshire members' meeting
Thursday 21 June

This event, with speaker Dame Betty Kershaw, starts at 1.30pm with a free sandwich lunch. It will be held in the Conference Room at St. Augustine’s Hospital, Cobridge Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 5JY, and is free to RCN members, £25 for non-members (redeemable against the cost of joining the RCN). For more details and to book your place call 0121 450 4334 or email isobella.biddle@rcn.org.uk with details of your workplace and membership number.

Protection from infection - preventing UTIs and use of catheters workshop
Thursday 16 August

Hosted by the RCN North Staffordshire branch, the event will start at 1.30pm with a free sandwich lunch in the Lecture Room, Haywood Hospital, High Lane, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 7AG. The event will be free to RCN members, £25 for non-members (redeemable against the cost of joining the RCN). For more details and to book your place call 0121 450 4334 or email isobella.biddle@rcn.org.uk with details of your workplace and membership number.

RCN North Staffordshire AGM and professional development event
Thursday 18 October

The RCN North Staffordshire branch will be holding its AGM and a professional development event in Academic Room 2, Harplands Hospital, Hilton Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 6RR, from 1.30pm. The professional development event will be free to RCN members, £25 for non-members (redeemable against the cost of joining the RCN). For more details and to book your place call 0121 450 4334 or email isobella.biddle@rcn.org.uk with details of your workplace and membership number.

RCN North Staffordshire members' meeting and professional development event
Thursday 13 December

This event will held in the Conference Room, St. Augustine’s Hospital, Cobridge Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 5JY from 1.30pm. The professional development event will be free to RCN members, £25 for non-members (redeemable against the cost of joining the RCN). For more details and to book your place call 0121 450 4334 or email isobella.biddle@rcn.org.uk with details of your workplace and membership number.