The board meets three times each year. If you're an RCN member and wish to observe a board meeting or contact a board member, please email westmidlands.region@rcn.org.uk.

About the board

The board advises and supports the Regional Director in setting and delivering the RCN's priorities in the region. It meets three times a year and its members are elected by the regional membership.

It also advances the RCN's aims and objectives to:

• promote the art and science of nursing, and the better education and training of nurses
• promote the advancement of nursing as a profession in all or any of its branches
• promote the professional standing and interests of members of the nursing profession
• assist nurses who due to adversity, ill health or otherwise are in need of assistance