RCN Suffolk Branch
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
Your branch team
- Chair: Vacant
- Vice chair: Vacant
- Treasurer: Vacant
- Secretary: Tracey Risebrow
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All branch events
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
Our branch and RCN Congress
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.
Hear from members across our region
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blog posts
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5 Feb 2026
Levers to tackle corridor care: The power of RCN health and safety reps
Corridor care is becoming increasingly normalised - but it is by no means inevitable. While it’s disturbing to see how widespread it has become, there are RCN health and safety reps who are fighting – and succeeding – at making a difference.
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4 Feb 2026
Health Visitors Banding affected by new NMC Standards
The NMC updated standards for post registration programmes marks a shift in the educational expectations for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN) to master's level (KTE Level 7). This shift has real implications for job banding and pay specifically for Health Visitors.
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3 Feb 2026
Coping With Grief While Caring for Others: A Mental Health Nurse’s Perspective on the importance of Self-Compassion and Self Care.
Watson’s Theory of Human Caring (1979) serves as a reminder of the enduring importance of compassion toward both oneself and others.
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2 Feb 2026
Myanmar – supporting nursing to rebuild
RCN Associate Director of International Nursing Marcus Wootton reflects on five years since the military coup in Myanmar, and how the RCN has been supporting an underground nurse education programme for some of the world’s most resilient and determined nursing academics and students.
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23 Jan 2026
One year on: how the Insititute of Nursing Excellence is powering change
Director of the RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence, Professor Jane Ball, reflects on the Institute’s first year as a growing movement for excellence, influence and unity in nursing.
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Page last updated - 29/01/2026
