Retired members
Your hub for resources and benefits available to you and ways you can stay connected
Make the most of your membership as a retired member
Discover the member benefits and support available to you, networking opportunities, and plenty of ways to have your voice heard through our campaigns and activities.
Find more information about the retired membership plan, compared to full membership.
Your essential member benefits
Counselling
Free, confidential support to help with emotional issues, including navigating life transitions.
Welfare service
Guidance on challenging a benefit decision and applying for industrial injuries disablement benefit.
Free Legal Advice
Access legal advice for non-work matters, including power of attorney arrangements or fines.
Useful online resources and advice
Pensions
Support with pension disputes, applications, tracing old pensions and more.
Formal sickness
Advice for formal sickness stages with employers, long term sick leave and ill health retirement.
Ill health retirement
Support in the retirement process, help with challenging the decision and application guidance.
Discover ways you can get involved
As a retired member, there are many ways for you to connect with your peers, build a community and get involved with our work.
Connect with other members at events
Have your say in our governance
Join a network for retired members
Get regular newsletters, connect with fellow members through the Facebook group, and learn how the NPC is championing dignity, respect and financial security in retirement.
Open to RCN members, over 50, who receive a pension.
Find a community, discover our forums and networks
Forums and networks are groups of members who have an interest, or work, in a particular area of professional nursing practice.
They'll provide you with the opportunity to keep up-to-date with developments, contribute to consultations and network with other members.
You can easily join a new forum or network, or manage the ones you’re already a member of.
Your membership
Your MyRCN account
Membership FAQS
Retired membership FAQs
You can transfer to a retired membership plan (retired from all nursing employment or unable to work through ill health).
Please call our Customer Support Team on 0345 7726 100 choosing option 1 for membership (Monday to Friday 8.30am – 8pm excluding Bank Holidays). This call will be charged at a local rate. If you'd prefer you can contact us via our online enquiry form.
As a member who has retired, the level of support you are eligible to receive will depend on your membership category.
If you remain in full membership, you're entitled to support from your region or country office, subject to our usual terms. This may be helpful if you wish to continue working in any capacity. Find more details about what member benefits are available to you if you remain in full membership on our other member pages.
If you choose to move to our retired members category, please be aware that you'll only be able to access telephone support from our Advice Centre.
Please note: all members, regardless of membership category, can access our Member Support Services.
Not a member yet?
Registered nurses and midwives, and Nursing Support Workers, who have now retired can benefit from retired membership for only 84p per month.
Since retiring I have the time to go to the cinema more and at a cheaper cost using RCNXtra. I keep up-to-date with the Bulletin and participate in the History of Nursing Group.
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