RCN Congress

We have already started planning for Congress 2021 in Liverpool 16 to 20 May.

Applications for voting members for Congress 2021 have now opened. Find out more and apply now, the deadline for applications are 11.59pm on Sunday 1 November.

Submissions for the Congress agenda and fringe programme are also now open. Find out more and submit an agenda item or a fringe event.

In the event that the pandemic unfortunately continues we are also making contingency plans for either a hybrid or fully virtual event.

Read more about what happened at Congress 2019 and view some of our previous debates in the RCN archive.

Due to COVID-19, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) did not go ahead with Congress 2020 in Liverpool this year. 

The Agenda Committee has instead selected a number of the debates and events from the 2020 Congress programme which will take place online throughout the rest of the year. Find out more about our #RCN2020 programme of events and debates.

RCN Council published the Independent Governance Review Report on Thursday 11 June as planned. 

The annual general meeting took place on 6 August.

If you have booked travel or accommodation for Congress 2020 and are not able to claim a refund you may be eligible to claim compensation.

Thanks to the generous support from LV =, who sponsor Congress, members can now claim compensation to help cover the cost of travel, flights, hotels or other expenses which you paid for personally upfront.

Log in to the members’ area to find out more and make a claim.