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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



496 blog posts
  • Professor Nicola Ranger Professor Nicola Ranger 7 Aug 2026

    Social care: the future is nurse-led

    RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on the need for investment in nursing for adult social care, our report on the exploitation of migrant nursing staff and looks forward to the RCN Annual General Meeting.

  • Rhian Wheater Rhian Wheater 7 Aug 2026

    Our reps, our roles, our collective strength

    RCN Trade Union Committee member Rhian Wheater explains how the new rep role descriptors were decided, and why they matter.

  • Samantha Parkinson Samantha Parkinson 6 Aug 2026

    Protecting young people from the harm of online gambling

    This blog explores the growing public health impact of online gambling on children and young people. It highlights the role of Family Nurse Partnership/Public Health Nurses in recognising harm, starting conversations, promoting prevention and supporting early intervention to improve health outcomes.  

  • Helena Petrisor Helena Petrisor 5 Aug 2026

    Are we missing an opportunity? Why student nurses should be included in diabetes training

    In this blog, RCN Committee member and third year student Helena shares her experience about diabetes training for students and why awareness is so crucial.

  • Review of Band 5 Nursing Roles Tracey Tracey 5 Aug 2026

    A band 5 review success story in Lanarkshire

    RCN member Tracey tells us about her team’s journey to success in the band 5 review. 

  • Davina Richardson Davina Richardson 3 Aug 2026

    New paediatric guidance on daytime urinary incontinence

    This blog looks at nw RCN guidance on daytime urinary incontinence in children aims to support confident, evidence-based care, reduce variation, and improve outcomes for the many children, teenagers and families affected by daytime bladder symptoms in those aged 18 years or younger.

  • Sandra Grieve Sandra Grieve 3 Aug 2026

    Northern European Conference on Travel Medicine (NECTM)

    The Northern European Conference on Travel Medicine (NECTM) is a biennial conference, providing current research and evidence to practitioners, physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals. Increasing vector-borne diseases globally, pose a risk to UK travellers.

  • Dianne Yarwood Dianne Yarwood 30 Jul 2026

    60 years and £300,000 for Ty Maeth: What a bargain

    60 years since the opening of the RCN headquarters in Wales, an exhibition was created to highlight the achievements of the people of Wales in raising funds to support Ty Maeth. The building’s name is translated as “House of Nurture”, and it is located at the Cardiff University Health Park Campus which was also under development in the 1960s. The exhibition is open until October 2026. As a result of coincidence, I appeared on daytime television being interviewed by Eric Knowles for the Bargain Hunt programme. Shown in March 2026 and available on BBC iPlayer.

  • Alan Pearson Alan Pearson 30 Jul 2026

    Evidence, experience and action in nursing practice

    For the whole of my career, the practice of nursing has been my central interest. The research and scholarship I have pursued have focused on the centrality of practice.

  • Lawrence Whyte Lawrence Whyte 22 Jul 2026

    Pioneers of Mental Health Nursing: Kevin Gournay

    In this blog Lawrence Whyte talks about Kevin Gournay, a pioneer of mental health nursing, and the PSI Movement.

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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