
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: Laura Bird
- Vice chair: Vacant
- Treasurer: Vacant
- Secretary: Tracey Risebrow
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Be the first to know about meetings and connect with your fellow branch members
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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4 Mar 2025
Independent Health and Social Care in Yorkshire & The Humber: Spring update
Find out what's happending in the IHSC sector across Yorkshire & The Humber this spring.
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3 Mar 2025
Delivering culturally sensitive care
The RCN Mental Health Forum Dennis sub group hosted a listening event about culturally sensitive care. This blog discusses the event further.
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3 Mar 2025
Nurses Leading the Way: Enhancing Parkinson's Care in Nursing Homes
Jean Almond, Programme Manager - Time Critical Medications at Parkinson's UK, discusses improving the delivery of time critical Parkinson’s medication to care home residents.
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3 Mar 2025
Help fight for fair parking at South Tees
Staff at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are concerned about the trust’s recent decision to implement a new car parking system from this summer, changing providers to ParkingEye, removing barriers from car parks and installing an automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) system.
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25 Feb 2025
What makes a health and safety representative with the RCN?
The simple answer it is YOU.
Elections and appointments

Put forward an agenda item for Council

Page last updated - 29/07/2025