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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



477 blog posts
  • Professor Nicola Ranger Professor Nicola Ranger 25 Jul 2024

    Nursing role profiles are out of date, unfair and unjust: new proposals don’t go far enough

    RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger responds to the new proposed NHS national nursing role profiles. 

  • Professor Nicola Ranger Professor Nicola Ranger 5 Jul 2024

    A new UK government means time for action

    Acting RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on the result of the general election and the NHS turning 76 years old.

  • Sheilabye Sobrany Sheilabye Sobrany 21 Jun 2024

    Remembering Windrush as we look to the future

    RCN President Sheila Sobrany reflects on Windrush Day and our priorities for the future of nursing in the upcoming UK general election. 

  • Professor Nicola Ranger Professor Nicola Ranger 7 Jun 2024

    Celebrating our amazing profession at RCN Congress

    Acting RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on the past week at Congress, including the launch of the RCN UK General Election Manifesto.

  • Deb Panes Deb Panes 4 Jun 2024

    The role of the specialist nurse in supporting patients with endometriosis self-management

    March is Endometriosis awareness month, and this offers the opportunity to raise awareness of the condition and the impact it can have on women living with it. The specialist nurse is a key healthcare practitioner in providing expert care to all women with endometriosis.

  • Sheilabye Sobrany Sheilabye Sobrany 31 May 2024

    Putting EDI at the heart of the RCN

    RCN President Sheila Sobrany reflects on the launch of the RCN's EDI strategy and how consideration, reflection and impactful action on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) will be embedded in the College.

  • Olivia De Almeida Olivia De Almeida 10 May 2024

    The RCN Cadet Scheme Confirmed my desire to become a nurse.

    Olivia De Almeida, an Alumni Nursing Cadet, explains why the Prince of Wales Nursing Cadet Scheme confirmed her desires to be come a nurse.

  • RFDS Paul Ingram Paul Ingram 30 Apr 2024

    Critical Care at 30,000ft

    Transporting a Critical Care patient within a hospital is sometimes a difficult and dangerous task. At 30,000ft transporting a Critical Care patient from hospital to hospital or accident scene to a hospital can be even more difficult and dangerous when combined with the aviation environment.

  • Gail Mander Gail Mander 30 Apr 2024

    Tissue Donation - Information for Healthcare Professionals

    Up to 50 people can benefit from tissue donated from 1 donor, but despite the amazing benefits that tissue donation can bring and the comfort that donation can give to bereaved families, it is a subject that many health care professionals know little about. 

  • Phil Walton Phil Walton 30 Apr 2024

    Organ donation and the Emergency Department

    With the introduction of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act on 20 May 2020, the subject of organ donation and transplantation again has a spotlight shone on it. The Emergency Department plays a pivotal role in the admission and stabilisation of patients with a perceived devastating brain injury and this talk breaks down that process in the context of organ donation and the amazing gift it may bring.

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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