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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.

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Your branch team

  • Chair: Eleanor Garnett-Scheffel
  • Secretary: Alex Knight
  • Treasurer: Sophie McKay

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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.

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.

Branch policies and processes

Hear from members across our region



486 blog posts
  • Luke Evans Luke Evans 21 Apr 2026

    Considering applying for a forum steering committee? Read this first

    This blog will help Royal College of Nursing members understand forum steering committees and apply confidently, offering practical tips to stand out and contribute meaningfully to their specialty.

  • Nikki Dawson Nikki Dawson 17 Apr 2026

    A global perspective on diabetes care in south Africa

    Reflections from volunteering in Cape Town with young people living with Type 1 Diabetes, exploring health inequalities, cultural awareness, and how global experience shapes compassionate nursing practice and professional growth.

  • Jennifer McCarthy Jennifer McCarthy 17 Apr 2026

    My journey with the RCN Catheter Care Guidelines

    This blog shares a personal reflection on moving from my long term clinical use of the RCN Catheter Care Guidelines to playing a role in its review. It highlights the importance of lived clinical experience, evolving practice, and the confidence gained in contributing to the review. 

  • Josie Gordon Josie Gordon 17 Apr 2026

    Why every nursing student should go to RCN Congress (at least once)

    Josie Gordon, Congress Agenda Committee member, reflects on her first experience of RCN Congress – and why she believes every nursing student should attend.

  • Phil Garnham Phil Garnham 15 Apr 2026

    Restorative supervision and compassionate leadership in prison healthcare

    This blog looks at compassionate leadership, and why it matters more than ever in prison healthcare.

  • Amanda Cetroni Amanda Cetroni 15 Apr 2026

    Presenting at GIN

    A reflection on presenting at GIN, focusing on engaging gastroenterology nurses in research and sharing practical ways to make research more accessible in everyday nursing practice.

  • Carmel O'Boyle Carmel O'Boyle 14 Apr 2026

    Harnessing the strength of our diversity

    In this blog, RCN Chair of Council Carmel O'Boyle, explores why the RCN Equalities organising groups are vital spaces to connect, learn, amplify voices and work together to harness one of our profession's greatest strengths: our diversity.  

  • Graduates Sandy Harding Sandy Harding 13 Apr 2026

    Our students stepped forward for Wales – now Wales must step forward for them

    Professor Sandy Harding, RCN Wales Associate Director of Nursing shares powerful stories from the final-year nursing students in Wales being impacted by the news that hundreds of graduates may be left without jobs.

  • Library in a box RCN NI Brenda Rushe Brenda Rushe 13 Apr 2026

    Thinking Outside of the Box: Nobody Puts Nurses' Learning in a Box…. Until now.

    Thinking Outside of the Box: Nobody Puts Nurses' Learning in a Box…. Until now. RCN Northern Ireland’s “Library in a Box” Is Transforming Learning

  • Janet Hargreaves Janet Hargreaves 13 Apr 2026

    From the Archives: The voice of the expert?

    This blog series delves into the oldest of the RCN’s historical book collection, exploring the ways in which nursing was taught in the past. ‘A Complete System of Nursing ‘and ‘Practical Nursing’ are two contrasting texts by a nurse and doctor ‘experts’ whose names would have been known to hundreds of aspiring nurses in the early 20th Century. 

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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