Northumberland, Tyne and Wear branch meeting with an open discussion on stronger voices, stronger workforce, and shaping the future together in the independent health and social care sector
23 Jan 2026, 13:30 - 15:30
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Guest speaker Angie McDonald, Lead Nurse - Independent Health and Social Care (Northern Region) will lead an open discussion around stronger voices, stronger workforce, shaping the future together in the independent sector and growing membership.
The RCN is not just for NHS members. The agenda for this meeting includes a presentation from our new Lead Nurse - Independent Health and Social Care (Northern Region), Angie MacDonald at 1:30pm.
Angie, Northern region's newest staff member, will lead an open discussion called: 'Stronger voices, stronger workforce: shaping the future together in the independent sector and growing membership'..
The talk will cover the joint Yorkshire & the Humber and Northern region Independent Health and Care Sector Network. All ideas about how to improve and grow membership within this important sector and what a future network could look like will be welcome. The discussion will also include a section on strengthening employment relations with independent sector employers,
If you work in the independent sector then come with your honest thoughts and ideas about what belonging to a union is all about and how you'd like the branch to support you this year and we will do our best to accommodate you and signpost you to the many incredibly useful resources that already exist for you on our website.
Getting there
Don't forget that all our meetings are hybrid so if you would find it difficult to get to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead to meet us all in person, you can always just join from the comfort of your home or wherever you are.
If you can make it in person, you might find this site map of QE Gateshead useful in order to find the meeting venue.
Book a place
To book a place online you can use the button above, or you can contact eventsreg@rcn.org.uk or call them on 02920546460 quoting event number 5631.
For further details contact your branch chair
Andrew Mather
andrew.mather@reps.rcn.org.uk
Hybrid, online or in the Lecture Theatre, Education Centre, Trust headquarters
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Sheriff Hill
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
NE9 6SX
To find the lecture theatre, go to the Education Centre in the Trust HQ building on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital site, which is best accessed via entrance E on the hospital map. You can find a hospital map here.
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