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Suffolk

RCN Suffolk Branch



If you're an RCN member in Suffolk, you're automatically a member of our Suffolk branch. Welcome to your nursing community.

Our branch includes members working at NHS, independent, higher education and care home employers, as well as students.

Getting involved in our branch means more than attending meetings. Whether you’re organising for better conditions, supporting a colleague or pushing for systemic change, your involvement helps turn shared concerns into collective action.

Contact us

eastern.region@rcn.org.uk

Your branch team

  • Chair: Vacant
  • Vice chair: Vacant
  • Treasurer: Vacant
  • Secretary: Tracey Risebrow

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Our branch annual general meeting (AGM)

Every year, our branch holds its AGM, where we:

  • review our branch activity over the past twelve months
  • map out what we want to achieve over the next year
  • elect the branch committee for the coming year
  • discuss with your fellow branch members the issues which are most important to you right now
This is your chance to help set the nursing agenda. Details of the next AGM will be posted in the events section as soon as available.

Our branch and RCN Congress

Branches play a key role in RCN Congress. Our members can submit debate topics for the annual conference, which are then discussed and voted on by the wider membership, influencing the RCN's future work.

All members can attend RCN Congress for free. There are also fully funded voting places for members, where travel, accommodation and food are provided. Voting members are there to listen, participate and vote on resolutions that are proposed by RCN branches, forums and committees across the UK.

This year's applications for funded voting places are closed. Details of 2026 funded places will be posted here as soon as available.

Branch policies and processes

Hear from members across our region



470 blog posts
  • Rosalind Mabey Rosalind Mabey 18 Mar 2026

    Walking my Mum home: reflections on care, loss, and a new chapter

    The last week of my Mum’s life was both the hardest and the most profound experience I’ve ever lived through. It was a week where time slowed, where every breath mattered, and where the boundaries between being a daughter and being a nurse blurred into something deeply human. I had always known that the fundamental skills I learned during my training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and beyond would shape my career, but I never imagined how much they would shape this final chapter with her.

  • Marcus Wootton Marcus Wootton 18 Mar 2026

    Rising from the fire: How Myanmar’s Nursing Students Reached Graduation Against the Odds

    Marcus Wootton, Associate Director of the RCN International Nursing Academy, recounts yesterday’s extraordinary graduation ceremony of student nurses in Myanmar who have, against all odds, completed their nursing degrees while Myanmar’s civil war continues. The programme, which the RCN has supported, is the first of its kind worldwide to provide a viable pathway to a new, high quality nursing workforce in a conflict zone.

  • Pathways with people pictured from a bird's eye view (from above) with long shadows, going along different intersecting blue roads leading out of the picture and going around in swirls and curves Kirsten Bland Kirsten Bland 17 Mar 2026

    Navigating organisational change in staff-side roles within an ICB

    Organisational change is a constant in the NHS, and while it can bring important opportunities for reflection, collaboration, and growth, it also creates uncertainty for the humans involved.

  • Anouska Kuta Anouska Kuta 16 Mar 2026

    Where science meets compassion: the power of Clinical Nurse Specialists in cancer care

    This National Cancer CNS Day, Gynaecological Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Anouska Kuta reflects on how CNS connect science, compassion and leadership in modern cancer care.

  • Dr Janet James Dr Janet James 13 Mar 2026

    Hot off the press: Updated NICE NG28 Guidelines for Type 2 Diabetes

    Great news for everyone supporting people living with type 2 diabetes — the updated NICE NG28 guidelines landed in February, following the previous review in 2022, and they bring some genuinely positive changes.

Elections and appointments

Get more involved by putting yourself forward as a candidate for Council, a board, a committee or a forum. You can also make your voice heard by voting in our current elections.
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Members can submit an agenda item for Council to discuss at one of their meetings. If your submission is accepted, you can present it to Council during the meeting, either remotely or in person.
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