Forums and networks
Forums and networks are groups of RCN members who work or have an interest in a particular area of professional nursing practice.
All forums provide you with the opportunity to keep up-to-date with development in your field, contribute in consultations, network with your peers and explore career development opportunities.
You can join more than one forum, but have to nominate one as your first choice, as this can impact on the power of a forum by influencing its voting rights at RCN Congress.
Each forum is led by a Forum Steering Committee. For more information, read the Forum Steering Committee terms of reference.
Networks bring members together in different ways – sometimes in a region or country, sometimes through a forum, sometimes by staff bringing members together, or members finding each other.
Join a forum or network
You can easily join a new forum or network, or manage the ones you’re already a member of.
Expertise in nursing: RCN Forums
RCN Forums provide expertise across a huge range of the RCN's work. Here's a quick look at just some of the work they do.
Network focus
Last year the RCN Newly Registered Nurse Network created a series of short films about life as a newly registered nurse, which demonstrates the diversity of a career in nursing.
Latest forum and networks news
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29 Jan 2026
Collection spotlight: a prized book of our collection
Find out what makes our copy of "Some Other Children or, stories from a children’s hospital" such a special and prized treasure.
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13 Nov 2025
Object Highlight: Rosa Cassel’s baby feeding bottle
Hear the story of Rosa Cassels, nurse and midwife from Palestine.
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13 Nov 2025
Focus on: trauma and orthopaedic journals
Looking to build on insights from the RCN Trauma and Orthopaedic Nursing Conference? Explore these journals to support your practice and research, and take your learning further.
RCN Forums and Networks Review Report
The RCN forums and networks review looked at the ways in which our forums and networks function and made recommendations for how they could be improved. A full report on the review is now available.
Our structure
We're governed by the elected members who make up our Council, committees and boards. They represent our members and work alongside the Executive Team who are responsible for delivering our strategic and operational plans.
