Nominations for Northern Ireland Board Elections

Published: 19 August 2008

RCN Northern Ireland Board Elections 2008

The following valid nominations to the Northern Ireland Board have been received:

ARMAGH AND DUNGANNON BRANCH                                 

Nominee:  Joseph Eamonn Connolly, employed as Ward Manager, Southern Health and Social Care Trust

Proposer:  Joseph McGivern, Treasurer, Armagh and Dungannon Branch.

Seconder:  Geraldine Dinsmore, Chair, Armagh and Dungannon Branch.

CAUSEWAY BRANCH                                           

Nominee:  Donna Hanna, employed as Lead Nurse in Specialist Medicine, Causeway and Mid-Ulster Hospitals, Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Proposer:  Heather Begley, Causeway Branch.

Seconder:  Lianne Louise Ramsey, Causeway Branch.

CRAIGAVON AND BANBRIDGE BRANCH

Nominee:  Francis Lavery, employed as Staff Nurse, Craigavon Area Hospital

Proposer:  Margaret Meehan, Secretary, Craigavon and Banbridge Branch

Seconder:  Margaret Devlin, Chair, Craigavon and Banbridge Branch

NORTH DOWN AND ARDS BRANCH

Nominee:  Fiona Carroll, employed as Paediatric Ward Manager within South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust but currently on secondment as Staff Side lead for Agenda for Change

Proposer:  Elizabeth (Bette) McMullan, Chair, North Down and Ards Branch

Seconder:  Robert Thomas Moore, Chair, North Down and Ards Branch

OMAGH BRANCH

Nominee:  Martain Fiddis, employed as Staff Nurse, Western Health and Social Care Trust

Proposer:  John Boyle, Secretary, Omagh Branch

Seconder:  Sean Gerard Collins, Chair, Omagh Branch

NORTH AND WEST BELFAST BRANCH

Nominee:  Michael McQuillan, employed as Staff Nurse in Belfast Health and Social Care Trust but currently on secondment as Belfast Staff Side Secretary

Proposer:  Joe McCambridge, Secretary, North and West Belfast Branch

Seconder:  Therese Dennison, Learning Representative, North and West Belfast Branch

NURSES WORKING WITH OLDER PEOPLE FIELD OF PRACTICE

Nominee:  Rosemary Strange, working as an Independent Nurse Consultant and Associate Lecturer

Proposer:  Heather Middleton, Chair, Older People’s Nursing Network

Seconder:  Jane Greene, Honorary Secretary, Older People’s Nursing Network

ACUTE INTERVENTION FIELD OF PRACTICE                                              

Nominee:  Lorna Mercer, employed as Assistant Service Outpatient Manager, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Proposer:  Joanne Quinn, forum member

Seconder:  Patricia Ann Ingram, forum member

STUDENT                                                     

Nominee:  Philomena McIlwaine, University of Ulster Student Member

Proposer:  Elizabeth Sloan, ANS Student Member

Seconder:  Chris Brown, ANS Student Member

Please note that any objections to these nominations must be received by the Returning Officer by midnight on Thursday 21 August 2008.

No valid nominations were received for the following seats:

Public and Primary Health Field of Practice

Student