Events

22 Oct 2026 Edinburgh

Moved to Care Exhibition Launch (Hybrid)

Join us in person or online for the launch of our new exhibition about the history of migration and nursing.

Black and white photograph from the Nursing Standard. It shows a group of people holding placards as part of the RCN's 'Pay Not Peanuts' campaign of 1979.

29 Oct 2026 London

RCN History of Nursing Lecture: "Into the Ring: the Rise of Trade Unionism"

Join us for the annual RCN History of Nursing Lecture, delivered by Professor Emeritus Sioban Nelson, on nursing's material culture.

Greyscale image of a group of soldiers in uniform sitting on the floor of a room and looking towards the camera. Most of them have one hand/arm raised, with wooden boards on their laps and hats placed beside them. There are some other military staff standing around in the background, one of whom also has his hand raised.

10 Nov 2026 Online

Data, Statistics and the history of ‘Normal’ health (online)

Explore the intertwined histories of data and 'normality' with Sarah Chaney.

17 Nov 2026 London

RCN Nurse-Led Innovations and Quality Improvement Conference 2026

Book now for this inspiring debut conference

Three clippings of the Computers in Nursing News supplemental magazine from 1984. In the centre is the cover, a yellow page with a hand-drawn image of a nurse surrounded by technology and digital motifs such as buttons, monitors and wires. On the left and right are black and white clippings for 'British Computer Society Nursing Specialist Group, What it is and how it developed' and 'Glossary of computer terminology'. Both clippings feature simple, angular sketches of nurses and digital symbols and words.

30 Nov 2026 Online

Digital Inclusion and Digital Exclusion: A History of Nursing Informatics (online)

Join Paula Procter and Amanda Jackson to learn about nursing informatics and how can we make today’s digital world more equitable.

Greyscale image taken in a hospital setting. In the centre is a nurse in uniform sitting on a swivel desk chair, diagonally and facing away from the camera; she is holding the earpiece of a rotary phone to her ear and is surrounded by multiple boxy monitors and machines with buttons and dials.

21 Jan 2027 Online

The ‘Star Trek Unit’: A History of Critical Care (online)

Sharon Whiting explores the work of nurses in the ‘Star Trek Unit’ (as it became known) opened in 1967 at North Manchester General Hospital.

Greyscale image of two women working at a table in the Galton Laboratory. They have papers and equipment in front of them and there are shelves and books lining the wall behind them.

27 Jan 2027 to be confirmed

The Francis Galton Collection: A Visit to the UCL Object Based Learning Lab (in person)

Explore the dark side of data gathering through the troubling history of eugenics in this special visit to the UCL collections.

11 Feb 2027 Edinburgh

Stories of migration (Hybrid)

Join us to hear personal stories of migration through history.

Two images - on the left is a colourful cartoon showing a nurse having an arm wrestle with a boxy, grey robot and a group of 8 nurses watching in the background. On the right is the 'mechanical man' created by Bill McConkey which is a man made out of various bits of metal; at the centre of the man's chest is a gold mechanical heart, which is connected to various parts of musical instruments.

17 Feb 2027 London

Sci-Fi Futures: Florence meets the Machine (in person)

Explore the changing role of technology in nursing in this exhibition late opening, with hands-on activities and talks.

Greyscale image from 1991 with two nurses seated at bulky computer workstations in a professional environment. In the foreground, a woman with short hair is smiling at the camera while typing on a keyboard. She is wearing a light-coloured blouse. In the background is a man in a collared shirt and glasses, partially visible, also smiling at the camera. Each workstation has a computer monitor, with the screen displaying text-based information, and large black keyboards..

02 Mar 2027 Online

From Commodore 64 to the World Wide Web: A history of computers and nursing (online)

This talk explores the origins of the internet, alongside the use of computers in nursing featuring John Naughton and Dr Siobhán O'Connor.

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