
Our governance documents
Royal charter
Download a copy of the RCN's royal charter.
Standing orders
Regulations
- Accreditation and dis-accreditation
- Accredited representives, Council, board and committee members – temporary period of absence requests
- Appointment and removal of an assurer
- Branches
- Congress
- Council, board and committee members - fit and proper persons criteria
- Financial regulations
- Financial regulations - financial limits
- Forums
- Health practitioners' constituency
- Membership of the RCN
- Proxy voting at RCN general meetings
- Terms of office
Policies and Processes
Accreditation and dis-accreditation of RCN representatives
AGM
Branches
- 2021 branch election procedure
- 2021 branch nomination form
- Branch officer role descriptors
- Election policy and processes for branch committee members
- Finances: funding sources and use of funds - updated September 2016
- Meetings guidance
- Terms of reference for branch committees
Business Continuity
Complaints
Conduct
Conflicts of interest
Congress
Consultations
Council
Council, board and committee meetings
- Confidentiality at board meetings
- Policy and process for running meetings of the RCN Council, boards and committees
Data protection and IT
Elections and appointmentsExpenses
- Expenses policy and guidance (including Appendix 2): Unpaid office holders
- Appendix 1 to Expenses policy and guidance: Expenses rates
- Appendix 3 to Expenses policy and guidance: Claim form
Forums
Industrial action
Membership
Modern slavery
Networking
RCN Group
- RCN Group strategy and business priorities 2019 - 2021
- RCN Group business priorities 2020 & 2021
- RCN Group values statement
RCN's partnership agreement
Risk
Scheme of delegation
Temporary periods of absence
Whistleblowing