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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



491 blog posts
  • 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.

  • Lawrence Whyte Lawrence Whyte 22 Jul 2026

    Pioneers of mental health nursing: Philip Barker

    This blog examines the impact of Philip Barker on the education and practice of mental health nursing.

  • Lawrence Whyte Lawrence Whyte 22 Jul 2026

    Pioneers of Mental Health Nursing: Tony Butterworth

    This final blog summarises the impact of prominent leadership figures in mental health nursing.

  • Ruth Bailey Ruth Bailey 22 Jul 2026

    Why every RCN member should vote in elections for our President and Council representatives

    Ruth Bailey shares why your vote will really matter in the forthcoming RCN elections.

  • Social Care Margot Whittaker RN, BSc, Queen's Nurse Margot Whittaker RN, BSc, Queen's Nurse 21 Jul 2026

    Social care nursing is radically changing

    For too long, social care nursing has been undervalued — seen as less complex and primarily focused on medication and physical care. In reality, it is far broader. Today, it pioneers a holistic, relational approach where human connection is as important as clinical skill.

  • Vicky Brotherton Vicky Brotherton 20 Jul 2026

    Inclusive PPE for a Diverse Nursing Workforce

    In the blog, Vicky Brotherton, Chair of the UK Health and Safety Representatives Committee, highlights the RCN’s work to address the challenges nursing staff face when PPE fails to meet individual needs, reinforcing the key message that one size does not fit all.

  • Shannon Copeland Shannon Copeland 17 Jul 2026

    The hidden half of cancer care: life after ringing the bell

    In this blog, Shannon talks about what living both with and beyond cancer means and what we need to consider nationally to support our patients.

  • Professor Nicola Ranger Professor Nicola Ranger 17 Jul 2026

    Let’s make fair pay a reality

    RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on structural pay reform talks, working in extreme heat and the RCN presidential and Council elections.

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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