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: Alex Knight
- Treasurer: Sophie McKay
Join our Facebook group
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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10 Sep 2026
World Suicide Prevention Day: Creating a Nursing Workforce That Feels Valued, Supported and Safe
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9 Sep 2026
The floor's the limit: the evidence every nursing professional should know about ratios and how to call time on unsafe staffing levels
Director of RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence, Professor Jane Ball shares how our new resources have been developed to help RCN members raise concerns about unsafe staffing in their workplaces.
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9 Sep 2026
Psychological safety in your prison healthcare team
The blog highlights the vital role of psychological safety in prison healthcare teams, and how fostering an environment where staff feel comfortable speaking up and supporting one another can improve teamwork, resilience, and patient care in this uniquely challenging nursing setting.
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9 Sep 2026
Spotlight on learning disability nursing: Bridging the gap in respiratory care
Continuing our celebration of Scottish learning disability week, we’re spotlighting the amazing work of our 2026 learning disability award runner up, Susan Craig.
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9 Sep 2026
Nursing in probation services: A new kind of nursing?
This blog is a reflection on recent conversations with nurses working alongside Probation Officers, providing people on probation in the community with health services they may not ordinarily access so readily on release from prison.
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8 Sep 2026
Spotlight on learning disability nursing: Transforming unscheduled care
It’s Scottish learning disability week, and to mark this important awareness week, we’re spotlighting the amazing work of our 2026 learning disability award finalists from our last RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year awards.
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7 Sep 2026
Shining a light on learning disability nursing
Scottish Learning Disability Week is an important opportunity to celebrate people with learning disabilities, to raise awareness of the barriers they continue to face, and shine a light on the role we all have in creating a more inclusive Scotland.
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7 Sep 2026
Boardly speaking
If you are considering standing for election for the South East Board, I thought it might be helpful to share some of my reflections as Chair of the Board.
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4 Sep 2026
Supporting the nurses of the future
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on improved financial support for nursing students in England and what more needs to be done to help the future of our profession.
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3 Sep 2026
70 years in the university system - but is our future secure?
In this blog Alison discusses the 70th anniversary of nursing studies at the University Edinburgh.
Elections and appointments
Put forward an agenda item for Council
Page last updated - 01/04/2026