RCN Nottinghamshire Branch
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.
Contact us
- 0345 772 6100
- Email: eastmidlands.region@rcn.org.uk
Your branch team
- Chair: Eleanor Garnett-Scheffel
- Secretary: Alex Knight
- Treasurer: Sophie McKay
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All branch events
Our branch annual general meeting (AGM)
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
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.
Hear from members across our region
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26 Mar 2026
Reconnecting with Purpose: Reflections from the RCN Spring Conference
RCN Rep Jia Amada reflects on their experience at the Spring Joint Reps Conference in Glasgow.
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25 Mar 2026
Baroness Audery Emerton: a life of leadership and service
RCN Fellow Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton of Tunbridge Wells died on 27 February 2026. She was involved in the Royal College of Nursing for over 60 years and her wonderful career impacted nurses and nursing in multiple ways. This short tribute marks her contribution as a nurse leader, but also as a kind and supportive person.
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24 Mar 2026
Enhancing outcomes: creating a more integrated, person-centred system
Hear from Benedicta Okpor about her role working in adult social care in the capital, and some of the highlights of her career,
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24 Mar 2026
The gift that builds families: Tackling inequality through inclusion, education and donor engagement
In this blog Lee discusses gamete donation, a clinical procedure but also a profoundly human act of generosity that can change a family’s future forever.
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23 Mar 2026
Abortion decriminalisation - A significant step forward for women’s reproductive rights
In this blog, Michael Nevill discusses abortion decriminalisation and the RCN's position on abortion care.
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20 Mar 2026
Turning your lived experiences into data, into evidence, into action
Director of the RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence, Professor Jane Ball encourages students, nurses and health care support workers to tell us what their last shift was like to help us grow the evidence bank needed for change.
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20 Mar 2026
Voices for safety: A movement only nursing can lead
RCN Deputy President Professor Alison Leary on why every shift and every story helps build the evidence that will reshape the future of nursing.
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20 Mar 2026
COVID-19 Inquiry: Nursing will never forget
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on the findings of Module 3 of the COVID-19 Inquiry and the lasting impact on our profession.
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20 Mar 2026
Overtime, Bank Shifts and Next Steps at East Cheshire Trust
An update on the position from Regional Officer, Paul O'Keefe.
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18 Mar 2026
Rising from the fire: How Myanmar’s Nursing Students Reached Graduation Against the Odds
Marcus Wootton, Associate Director of the RCN International Nursing Academy, recounts yesterday’s extraordinary graduation ceremony of student nurses in Myanmar who have, against all odds, completed their nursing degrees while Myanmar’s civil war continues. The programme, which the RCN has supported, is the first of its kind worldwide to provide a viable pathway to a new, high quality nursing workforce in a conflict zone.
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Page last updated - 01/04/2026