Forum elections 2009

2009 RCN Forum elections: results

Results are now in for the following forum steering committee elections:

There was a good return for all these elections with more members voting than ever before. For the first time in the RCN's history we ran the elections online without any technical issues and we will be hoping to get more members to vote on-line in future years. The current postal strike has demonstrated what a benefit this would be but first we need to get everyone notifying us every time they change their contact details. You can check and update your details by logging in to My RCN.

Visit each forum's online community to follow the work of the steering committee and wider forum membership.

District Nurses Forum - seven vacancies

Sue Sanderson - elected (539)
Kay Durrant - elected (384)
Yvonne Thomas - elected (375)
Rosemary Wheeler - elected (362)
Susan Stephenson - elected (340)
Teresa Cole - elected (305)
Susan Moody - elected (287)

Heather McAskill - not elected (235)

Emergency Care Association - one vacancy

Andrew Frazer - elected (487)

Mark Gillespie - not elected (249)

Forensic Nursing Forum - three vacancies

Richard Benson - elected (137)
Zeba Arif - elected (120)
Beverley Clarke - elected (117)

Noel McDonald - not elected (91)

Ophthalmic Nursing Forum - two vacancies

Janet Marsden - elected (259)
Mary Shaw - elected (184)

Helen Juckes-Hughes - not elected (124)
Gissel Tapper - not elected (123)

Society of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - four vacancies

Sandra Flynn - elected (328)
Lynne Newton - elected (303)
Mary Drozd - elected (282)
Karen Hertz - elected (229)

Neville Southgate - not elected (207)
Beverley Wellington - not elected (193)
Jean Rogers - not elected (131)

Advanced Nurse Practitioner Association - seven vacancies (five nominations received)

Andrew McGregor - elected unopposed
Ghislaine Young - elected unopposed
Jennifer Aston - elected unopposed
Noeleen Fearon - elected unopposed
Wendy Fairhurst-Winstanley - elected unopposed

Continence Care Forum - six vacancies

Alison Bardsley - elected unopposed
Anthony Brooks - elected unopposed
Courtney Bickerdike - elected unopposed
Joanne Mangnall - elected unopposed
Katherine Wilkinson - elected unopposed
Steven Miles - elected unopposed

Defence Nursing Forum - seven vacancies (four nominations received)

Alan Finnegan - elected unopposed
Barry Wroe - elected unopposed
Laura Hodson - elected unopposed
Ruth Truscott - elected unopposed

Dermatology Nurses Forum - five vacancies (two nominations received)

Anna Bianconi-Moore
Paula Oliver

Diabetes Nursing Forum - six vacancies

Mags Bannister - elected unopposed
Constance Johnson - elected unopposed
Muili Lawal - elected unopposed
Siobhan Pender - elected unopposed
Theresa Smyth - elected unopposed
Grace Vanterpool - elected unopposed

Discharge Planning and Continuing Health Forum - four vacancies (one nominee)

Janet Manuel - elected unopposed

ENT/Maxillofacial Nursing Forum - four vacancies

Andrew Hill - elected unopposed
Benedicta Oshiokameh - elected unopposed
Gail Pettinger - elected unopposed
Sarah Fitch - elected unopposed

Gastroenterology and Stoma Care Nursing Forum - seven vacancies (six nominations)

Mark Murray - elected unopposed
Toni Johnson - elected unopposed
Ricky Forbes-Young - elected unopposed
Karyn Prosser - elected unopposed
Karen Kemp - elected unopposed
Irene Dunkley - elected unopposed

Imaging Nurses Forum - five vacancies (three nominations)

Alison Creech - elected unopposed
Mina Karamshi - elected unopposed
Williams Maggie - elected unopposed

Information in Nursing Forum - five vacancies

Bernice Baker - elected unopposed
Morag Maclean - elected unopposed
Mobola Oyeleke - elected unopposed
Alison Wallis - elected unopposed
Ian Woodburn - elected unopposed

Learning Disability Nursing Forum - three vacancies (two nominations)

Beatrice Chiraswa - elected unopposed
Ian Mansell - elected unopposed

Nephrology Nursing Forum - seven vacancies (five nominations)

Emma Murphy - elected unopposed
Anne Jones - elected unopposed
Anne Petherick - elected unopposed
John Sedgewick - elected unopposed
Mumtaz Goolam - elected unopposed

Neuroscience Forum - seven vacancies (four nominations)

Victoria Matthews - elected unopposed
Susan Beevers - elected unopposed
Amanda Hassall - elected unopposed
Catheryne Waterhouse - elected unopposed

Outpatients Nursing Forum - four vacancies

Elizabeth Sawyer - elected unopposed
Kate Dawson - elected unopposed
Nicola Nesbitt - elected unopposed
Sandy Harding - elected unopposed

Perioperative Forum - seven vacancies (six nominations received)

Ciaran Hurley - elected unopposed
David Cardwell - elected unopposed
Moyra Journeaux - elected unopposed
Rosanne Macqueen - elected unopposed
Suzanne Hughes - elected unopposed
Tracey Radcliffe - elected unopposed

Practice Nurses' Association - seven vacancies

Eileen Munson
Jenny Greenfield
Kate Howie
Prunella Neale
Sonia Hall
Tina Bishop
Suzie Lovett-Clements

Rheumatology Nursing Forum - five vacancies (three nominations)

Penny Storrs
Victoria Chamberlain
Colin Beevor

Women's Health Forum - four vacancies (two nominations received)

Edna Astbury-Ward - elected unopposed
Dianne Crowe - elected unopposed