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

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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.

This year's applications for funded voting places are closed. Details of 2026 funded places will be posted here as soon as available.

Branch policies and processes

Hear from members across our region



450 blog posts
  • Samantha Whittle Samantha Whittle 11 Sep 2025

    Diabetes rehabilitation: Everyone should be invited to Refocusise

    In this blog, Diabetes forum member Samantha talks about her 'Refocusise' initiative and how it is changing the lives of those living with type 2 diabetes.

  • Dr Gosha Colquhoun and Prof Nicola Ring Dr Gosha Colquhoun and Prof Nicola Ring 10 Sep 2025

    The untold story of nurses in infection prevention and control

    The blog highlights nurses' often-overlooked role in pioneering infection prevention, from Florence Nightingale's data-driven reforms to Edna C. Morse's pioneering hand hygiene research. It shows their innovations remain crucial today for patient safety and antimicrobial stewardship. 

  • Bejoy Sebastian Bejoy Sebastian 8 Sep 2025

    Nursing expertise needs to be heard

    RCN President Bejoy Sebastian reflects on his time as President so far, valuing nursing expertise and East and South East Asian Heritage month. 

  • Professor Jane Ball Professor Jane Ball 8 Sep 2025

    Championing nursing research - now and for years to come

    Director of RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence, Professor Jane Ball, shares why nursing research matters and introduces the new RCN Research Strategy.

  • Catherine Barlow Catherine Barlow 5 Sep 2025

    Maternal Sepsis

    Maternal sepsis is a preventable but life threatening condition. Early recognition, rapid response and vigilant nursing and midwifery care saves lives. This blog explores its impact, and why it matters locally and globally.

  • Jonathan Beebee Jonathan Beebee 5 Sep 2025

    Learning from Lives and Deaths: A wake-up call about learning disability nursing

    The recent publication of the delayed LeDeR review shows that people with learning disabilities continue to experience catastrophic health inequalities. Commitment to address inequalities needs real commitment to registered nurses in learning disabilities.

  • Leeanne McGeady Leeanne McGeady 5 Sep 2025

    From Class Clown to District Nurse ANP: My Dyslexia Journey

    At school, I was the funny one, always causing a distraction. But behind the laughter was a young girl quietly struggling to keep up in the classroom. I wasn’t naturally academic, far from it, but I had a talent for covering my tracks. Humour became my shield, my way of masking the reality: I couldn’t grasp the basics like the others did.

  • Tolulope Adodo Tolulope Adodo 2 Sep 2025

    My experience at the RCN Congress in Liverpool

    This blog represents my reflections on attending RCN Congress 2025 as a voting member for the Perioperative Forum.

  • Luke Evans Luke Evans 1 Sep 2025

    Building a Society of Health

    Luke Evans, Chair of the Public Health Forum and host of the podcast 'Society of Health' discusses why all nurses should have an understanding of system barriers to ill health.

  • Alex Knight Alex Knight 29 Aug 2025

    Raising Our Voices: Why I Chose to Get Involved in Activism as an Early Career Nurse

    When I started my journey into nursing, I thought I’d be making a difference through care, compassion, and clinical skill. And I am. But what I didn’t expect was how deeply I’d be pulled into something bigger, activism. Advocacy. Speaking up not just for my patients, but for my peers and my profession.

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

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