RCN Nottinghamshire Branch
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
- Email: eastmidlands.region@rcn.org.uk
Your branch team
- Chair: Eleanor Garnett-Scheffel
- Secretary: Alex Knight
- Treasurer: Sophie McKay
Join our Facebook group
All branch events
Our branch annual general meeting (AGM)
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.
Applications for funded voting places at Congress 2026 are open until 7 December 2025. To find out more, including how to apply, explore our Congress webpages.
Hear from members across our region
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29 Apr 2025
A Day of Learning and Inspiration - Reflections on the RCN North West IHSC Conference
Lead Nurse North West for Independent Health and Social Care, Melissa Stanton, reflects on the second annual RCN NW IHSC conference.
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28 Apr 2025
International Workers Memorial Day 2025
Vicky Brotherton, Chair of the UK Health and Safety Representatives Committee remembers all the nursing staff who have lost their lives, become disabled, suffered injury, or been made unwell by their work.
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28 Apr 2025
Donor Recruitment
This blog provides an overview of the recruitment of egg and sperm donors, highlighting the role of the nurse donor coordinator. There is clear guidance from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) for donor recruitment, however there will be variations in practice across the UK.
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28 Apr 2025
Do you have a history of nursing HIV-AIDs story to share?
Find out who our HIVStory oral history project interviewers are and where they are based, for our latest History of Nursing Forum project.
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28 Apr 2025
Where's Dianne? RCN Congress 2025
How members can meet the History of Nursing Forum Chair at Congress and find out about what the Forum are involved in.
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28 Apr 2025
The need for ethical thinking when working with risk of suicide
This blog explores the complex nature of working with people who may be recurrently suicidal and present to mental health services in crisis. These situations create ethical tensions between safety and autonomy, and the ‘action/consequences model’ offers some food for thought.
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23 Apr 2025
The value of volunteering: 'Its given me the opportunity to become the best nurse I can be'
RCN Fellow and Crisis volunteer Jason Warriner highlights the impact and power of volunteering.
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4 Apr 2025
No more missed opportunities: time to invest in nursing
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on the impact of the late NHS pay award for nursing staff and telling MPs and peers about the urgent need for investment in the nursing workforce.
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21 Mar 2025
Pathways into nursing: recruitment and retention
RCN President Bejoy Sebastian reflects on a visit from His Majesty King Charles III and the RCN’s new report into recruitment and retention.
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13 Mar 2025
Reflections on my career as a Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
Janice Gabriel, RCN Fellow, shares highlights from her 40-year career in oncology nursing to raise awareness on National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Day
Elections and appointments
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Page last updated - 30/08/2026