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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: Vacant
  • 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



460 blog posts
  • Audience at Congress Sarah Dodsworth Sarah Dodsworth 25 Sep 2024

    Come along to your local branch AGM!

    Regional Director Sarah Dodsworth highlights the importance of branch AGMs and why they are a great way for members to get more involved in their branch.

  • Daniel Gooding Daniel Gooding 18 Sep 2024

    Lord Darzi's review and the need to invest in the health of our children

    Daniel Gooding, RCN Children and Young People’s Acute Care Forum Chair and a paediatric charge nurse, reflects on what the Darzi review tells us about the deteriorating state of children and young people’s health and the need for investment.

  • Beds in a hospital corridor Colin Poolman Colin Poolman 17 Sep 2024

    Corridor care must be eradicated, not normalised

    It’s World Patient Safety Day, and as winter approaches Colin Poolman outlines why the unsafe practice of ‘corridor care’ must come to an end.

  • Nikki Cotterill Nikki Cotterill 17 Sep 2024

    RCN Bladder & Bowel Forum Conference 2024

    Join us at the RCN's Bladder and Bowel Forum Conference 2024.  Bladder and bowel continence is a fundamental aspect central to all of us and our dignity. For those who experience bladder and bowel leakage (incontinence) accessing healthcare advice, education and treatment is critical to ensure symptoms are improved wherever possible and well managed where cure is not possible.

  • Professor Nicola Ranger Professor Nicola Ranger 13 Sep 2024

    Significant investment in nursing is needed across health and care

    RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on the publication of Lord Darzi's report on the state of the National Health Service in England and the nursing staff she has met during our NHS pay consultations. 

  • Michelle Turner Michelle Turner 12 Sep 2024

    Discrimination and stigma within the diabetes community

    In this blog, Michelle talks about the impact of stigma and living with diabetes, and how nurses need to be aware of their role and how they can get involved.

  • Callum Metcalfe-O'Shea Callum Metcalfe-O'Shea 12 Sep 2024

    Physical activity and cancer - A patient story

    In this blog, Callum Metcalfe-O'Shea, Professional Lead for Long-Term Conditions, showcases the lived experience from Sophie to highlight the voice of nursing and the role of physical activity living with and beyond cancer.

  • Sick-children Nicola Ring Nicola Ring 12 Sep 2024

    Dr. West's 'How to Nurse Sick Children'

    Lifting the lid on children's nursing in 1854.

  • Becki Winson Becki Winson 11 Sep 2024

    RCN Retired members conference 2024

    How can retired members get active and influential in the RCN?

  • Denise Kelly Denise Kelly 11 Sep 2024

    We asked...What is nursing activism?

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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