
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
Join our Suffolk Facebook group
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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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25 Nov 2024
The Repository Project: Supporting Collaboration and Connectivity in Nursing Research
Research is an activity which nurses do as normal, core business. But attempting to find a nurse researcher expert in the UK can be very challenging and there is no quick, accessible mechanism to understand the scope, nature and activities of Registered Nurses in the UK leading research in health care.
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23 Nov 2024
Celebrating the key role of nursing support workers
Nursing Associate Catalina Cerlinca shares why she is proud to be a nursing support worker
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22 Nov 2024
Through the lens of a nursing support worker – Celebrating our role
I have heard, and been referred to by, many names in my role as a nursing support worker (NSW). I’m not just a nursing support worker. I am trained and skilled, I am caring and compassionate, I value and uphold person centred principles when working with others and patients.
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22 Nov 2024
Impacting more accurate accounts of miscarriage in film and television
Demonstrating how nurses can influence understanding, awareness, support and acceptance of issues; and how they can use their knowledge and experience to ensure their patients and colleagues are factually represented in the media.
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22 Nov 2024
Being a Nurse Partner in General Practice
Nurse Partnership is considered by many as the 'Top Job' for practice nurses. However, what is it really like? This blog is about my personal experience about being a nurse business partner in general practice.
Elections and appointments

Put forward an agenda item for Council

Page last updated - 29/07/2025