RCN Southampton Branch AGM
29 Oct 2026, 09:00 - 15:00
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Members are warmly invited to meet the existing committee members and to vote in the team for 2027.
For a number of years this branch has been known as the RCN Southampton and Isle of Wight Branch but from now on it will be the RCN Southampton Branch.
As you may be aware, the IOW NHS Trust is now working in a group arrangement with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust with a shared executive team and board meetings in common.
For the RCN to best support members within IOW NHS Trust, we have moved members to the Portsmouth branch – which will be known as the RCN Portsmouth and Isle of Wight Branch.
Your Learning Event agenda
Come along to support the branch at the AGM and to benefit from a learning event covering:
- What can the RCN do for you in the independent sector?
- Serving on the agenda committee
- Band 5 update
- Research nursing
- RCN TUC committee
What is an AGM?
Your Branch AGM is the perfect time to review the year and plan activities for the coming year. It is an opportunity to welcome new members and decide on a committee structure. Any member of a branch can stand for one of the governance roles and if a role is contested an election may be held.
Governance roles
Each Branch must have a chair, treasurer and secretary. What these roles involve is set out here.
Taking on one of these roles is a brilliant opportunity to gain some personal development and you will be supported by the RCN when you start. If you are interested in one of these roles, then please fill out this form before the AGM.
Representatives
If you are an accredited rep, the AGM is the time when the branch will decide to retain your accreditation, or in some rare cases, disaccredit you. For this reason, it is important you make every effort to attend.
The RCN is proud of the diversity of the UK’s nursing workforce and our membership. It is important to us that nominations are encouraged from under-represented groups in our governance structures including those who identify as women, members from the Global Majority, LGBTQ+ community and those with a disability, as well as from members working in any sector, whether employed by the NHS, independent health and social care employers, or the third sector.
For more information please contact:
RCN Newbury Office
Newbury.Office@rcn.org.uk
Parent Education Seminar Room F123
Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
Southampton
SO16 6YD
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