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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



486 blog posts
  • Carmel O'Boyle Carmel O'Boyle 14 Apr 2026

    Harnessing the strength of our diversity

    In this blog, RCN Chair of Council Carmel O'Boyle, explores why the RCN Equalities organising groups are vital spaces to connect, learn, amplify voices and work together to harness one of our profession's greatest strengths: our diversity.  

  • Graduates Sandy Harding Sandy Harding 13 Apr 2026

    Our students stepped forward for Wales – now Wales must step forward for them

    Professor Sandy Harding, RCN Wales Associate Director of Nursing shares powerful stories from the final-year nursing students in Wales being impacted by the news that hundreds of graduates may be left without jobs.

  • Library in a box RCN NI Brenda Rushe Brenda Rushe 13 Apr 2026

    Thinking Outside of the Box: Nobody Puts Nurses' Learning in a Box…. Until now.

    Thinking Outside of the Box: Nobody Puts Nurses' Learning in a Box…. Until now. RCN Northern Ireland’s “Library in a Box” Is Transforming Learning

  • Janet Hargreaves Janet Hargreaves 13 Apr 2026

    From the Archives: The voice of the expert?

    This blog series delves into the oldest of the RCN’s historical book collection, exploring the ways in which nursing was taught in the past. ‘A Complete System of Nursing ‘and ‘Practical Nursing’ are two contrasting texts by a nurse and doctor ‘experts’ whose names would have been known to hundreds of aspiring nurses in the early 20th Century. 

  • The Gloves are Off Elizabeth Moffat Elizabeth Moffat 10 Apr 2026

    Nursing student? Have your voice heard this election

    The Scottish Parliament election is just under a month away, on 7 May, and it brings an opportunity for the next government to take decisive action on attracting more nursing students into the profession and improving support for students to increase retention. Make sure you know how we, as nursing students, can make an impact this election.

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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Put forward an agenda item for Council

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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