Important news on the Forum Transition project
RCN forums are groups of RCN members working in a similar nursing specialty or with like interests.
RCN forums:
- provide networking opportunities
- help members enhance their practice knowledge and skills
- provide an expert resource
- support RCN Council
- shape, drive and develop nursing practice
- identify and support nurse leaders in their field
- influence current and future health and social policy in the UK and beyond.
In 2008 RCN Council decided that RCN forums should be streamlined to create 41 stronger, more fit for purpose forums. They will have a revised governance structure and will be supported with new on-line systems to help them meet the challenges of the 21st Century.
Your forum will be merging with a numbers of others to become the Public Health Forum. You will still be able to access news and information about your specialism through the online communities but in future, all communications will be coming from the Public Health Forum. You can find out more about the changes on the forum website www.rcn.org.uk/forums . The full list of the new forums can be downloaded from this page.
Thousands of RCN members throughout the UK already work together in forums to develop and improve nursing care in a range of settings and they remain an essential part of RCN membership. By joining an RCN forum you will be kept up to date by email with the latest developments in your key field of interest. There are also online communities in different specialisms and interests, see www.rcn.org.uk/communities for further information.
Don't forget to update your details at www.rcn.org.uk/myrcn and give us your email address to ensure you continue to receive information and updates from your new forum.