RCN Nottinghamshire 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
- 0345 772 6100
- Email: eastmidlands.region@rcn.org.uk
Your branch team
- Chair: Eleanor Garnett-Scheffel
- Secretary: Vacant
- Treasurer: Sophie McKay
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All branch events
Our branch annual general meeting (AGM)
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
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.
Applications for funded voting places at Congress 2026 are open until 7 December 2025. To find out more, including how to apply, explore our Congress webpages.
Hear from members across our region
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12 Mar 2026
When understanding matters: Building cultural competence from the start of nursing education
Cultural competence is not a tick-box exercise, it is the heart of person-centered nursing care. This blog shares how one experiential event at School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University Belfast is helping student nurses build the skills, confidence and self-awareness to care for an increasingly diverse population.
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11 Mar 2026
Talk to us, not about us: how we co-produced a dementia documentary
This blog is written together by two people with different but equally important perspectives: a practitioner working in older people’s and dementia care, and a man living with dementia who helped co-produce a documentary for health and social care staff.
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11 Mar 2026
From the Ward to the Web: Navigating the Challenges of eHealth in Nursing
Patients today rightly expect the best possible care, and that includes access to healthcare supported by cutting-edge technology. Modern nursing and midwifery are no longer just about bedside skills – they increasingly require strong digital capabilities to ensure care is timely, safe, and evidence-based. Digital tools have the potential to transform patient outcomes, but only if they are designed around clinical needs and integrated into daily practice.
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11 Mar 2026
What the recent Westminster government announcements for nursing mean for student nurses and newly registered nurses
Will Malcher, Professional Lead for Students, sets out the impact for members who have always been at the heart of the RCN.
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10 Mar 2026
Safe staffing in children and young people’s services simply can’t wait
Carli Whittaker, RCN Head of Nursing Practice reflects on why having nursing teams with safe staffing levels and the right skill mix is so important in helping babies, children and young people thrive.
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6 Mar 2026
Celebrating progress: steps in the right direction
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger celebrates International Women’s Day, hard-won progress on nursing career progression and Overseas NHS Workers’ Day.
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6 Mar 2026
Why do we still need to make the case for women's health?
This International Women’s Day, RCN Professional Lead for Midwifery and Women’s Health Maria Symeonaki outlines what women and the professionals who care for them need from governments across the UK.
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5 Mar 2026
Join us in Parliament on 11 March
Bejoy Sebastian speaks about why the mass lobby on Parliament against the new ILR changes is important, and why you should join him.
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5 Mar 2026
Have you jumped on the band 5 review wagon yet?
Our election campaign – The Gloves are Off – calls on the next Scottish government to start valuing nursing properly. One way to achieve this is to pay nurses for the job they do now. Thousands of band 5 nurses may be missing out on an opportunity to be paid properly, says Colin Poolman.
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5 Mar 2026
It's never been so important to join the RCN: help spread the word
Nursing has never been the easy option. Far from it. It is a career built on compassion, skill, knowledge, and resilience. But over the years, it has also become increasingly demanding.
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