RCN Grampian & Orkney Branch
If you're an RCN member working in Grampian & Orkney, you're automatically a member of our Grampian & Orkney 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.
Contact us
- 0345 772 6100
- Scotland.office@rcn.org.uk
Your branch team
- Chair: Jane Gibson
- Treasurer: Dawn Marr
- Secretary: Kylie McDonnell
All branch events
Our branch annual general meeting (AGM)
Every year, our branch holds its AGM, where we:
- review our branch activity over the past twelve months
- map out what we want to achieve over the next year
- elect the branch committee for the coming year
- 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
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.
This year's applications for funded voting places are closed. Details of 2026 funded places will be posted here as soon as available.
Hear from staff and members across Scotland
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blog posts
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18 Feb 2026
One year on from Scotland’s Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce
A year on from the publication of the Ministerial Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce report, RCN Scotland is calling for urgent action from the Scottish government to deliver the change our members were promised.
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13 Feb 2026
The Gloves are Off
As we launch our 2026 Scottish elections manifesto, Julie Ross explains why it’s time to value nursing properly.
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22 Dec 2025
Looking Back and Moving Forward
As the year draws to a close, it’s a natural time to pause and reflect on what we’ve achieved together and what lies ahead. For RCN Scotland, 2025 began with a significant milestone: the publication of the Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce recommendations.
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18 Dec 2025
Students – make sure your voice is heard
Our 2025 student survey is your opportunity to tell us about your experiences as a nursing student.
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25 Nov 2025
Have you had your flu vaccination yet?
The headlines about this being the worst winter on record are already prevalent. As we know, in the coming weeks and months, flu will become even more widespread.
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21 Nov 2025
Time to celebrate Scotland's nursing support workers
It’s Nursing Support Workers’ Day this weekend, the time of year where we take time out to acknowledge and celebrate the vital contribution that nursing support workers (NSWs) across Scotland make to nursing care within our health and social care services.
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29 Sep 2025
'I rediscovered a sense of value'
Read nurse David’s experience of achieving success in the band 5 nursing roles review
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22 Aug 2025
A spotlight on nursing in the community: Transforming urgent care in Angus’ communities
Innovative community nursing services providing the right care, at the right time, and in the right place, to treat people closer to their homes are key to reducing demand on general practice and hospital services.
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21 Aug 2025
A spotlight on nursing in the community: Championing Health for Care Experienced Young
Working with children in the community is one of the fundamental ways that nursing can help to improve Scotland’s future health outcomes.
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20 Aug 2025
A spotlight on nursing in the community: Where innovation grows from inequality
Realising the goal of providing more care closer to home and reducing hospital admissions relies on nursing meeting the health needs of the people within their communities. So what happens when an unmet need is discovered? More often than not, it is nursing that steps up to the plate and says “Something needs to change.”
Elections and appointments
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Page last updated - 03/02/2026
