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RCN Nottinghamshire Branch



If you're an RCN member working in Nottinghamshire, you're automatically a member of our Nottinghamshire branch. Welcome to your nursing community.

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: Ellie Garnett-Scheffel
  • Secretary: Rubby Legbedze
  • Treasurer: Shereen Parker

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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 annual general meeting (AGM). We review our branch activity over the past twelve months, before mapping out what we want to achieve over the next year. It's also a chance to discuss with your fellow branch members the issues which are most important to you right now.

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

Branches play a key role in RCN Congress. Our members can submit debate topics for the annual conference, which are then discussed and voted on by the wider membership, influencing the RCN's future work.

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



456 blog posts
  • Tori Heppell Tori Heppell 14 Oct 2025

    Baby Loss Awareness Week

    This blog looks at Baby Loss Awareness Week, an important time for nurses working in early pregnancy care & also for nurses working in areas that may care for women in early pregnancy. 

  • Temitope Babajide Temitope Babajide 14 Oct 2025

    Standing Firm in Power and Pride

    North West Regional Board Vice-Chair Temitope on the necessity of reflecting on the past but acting in the future as we celebrate Black History Month. 

  • Lauren Dollive Lauren Dollive 14 Oct 2025

    Reflections on supportive oncology in 2025

    Attending the UKASCC 2025 Conference in Manchester reminded me how supportive oncology connects every part of cancer care. From prevention to palliation, it’s about helping people live well, not just longer, with and beyond cancer.

  • Lynn Woolsey Lynn Woolsey 10 Oct 2025

    Keeping up the pressure: ensuring there are newly registered nursing roles for nursing graduates

    Lynn Woolsey, RCN UK Chief Nursing Officer, explains how the RCN is continuing to keep the spotlight on ensuring that all nursing graduates can find a permanent nursing role after graduation. 

  • Anne Pegram Anne Pegram 9 Oct 2025

    Reading’s private nursing service, 1873 to 1940

    In keeping with other voluntary hospitals in the late nineteenth century the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH), Reading, introduced a private nursing service. At the time, these were a popular employment option for many nurses. This blog uses the archival records of the RBH to explore the scheme. 

  • 7 Oct 2025

    Finding My Voice: My journey on the RCN Students Committee

    Natasha Green, the former RCN Students Committee Eastern region representative, talks about the great personal and professional benefits the role has given her.

  • Simon Browes Simon Browes 2 Oct 2025

    Pay, representation and new recruits – a busy autumn in prospect

    The latest thoughts from North West Regional Director, Simon Browes.

  • Amanda Williams Amanda Williams 1 Oct 2025

    EASD 2025 - Updates for our members

    In this blog, Amanda, current acting Chair of the RCN Diabetes Forum, shares about what updates were discussed for practice at the 61st 2025 European Association for the Study of Diabetes and what you need to know for practice.

  • Hayley Leonard Hayley Leonard 1 Oct 2025

    Collaborative cancer care

    This blog provides an update on one of the Cancer Forum's strategic priorities - enhancing education through collaboration between cancer specialist and non-cancer specialist nurses.

  • Lisa Higgins Lisa Higgins 1 Oct 2025

    Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)

    In this blog Lisa talks about her role as a Menstruality coach.    

Elections and appointments

Get more involved by putting yourself forward as a candidate for Council, a board, a committee or a forum. You can also make your voice heard by voting in our current elections.
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Put forward an agenda item for Council

Members can submit an agenda item for Council to discuss at one of their meetings. If your submission is accepted, you can present it to Council during the meeting, either remotely or in person.
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Page last updated - 29/07/2025