RCN Lancashire East Branch
If you're an RCN member working in Lancashire East, you're automatically a member of our Lancashire East 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
- northwest.region@rcn.org.uk
Your branch team
- Chair: Kath Allan
- Treasurer: Jane George
- Secretary: Sandra Slater-Booth
- Vice Treasurer: Eileen Murray
- Vice Secretary: Michelle Blackburn
- Branch Exec: Karen Lowe
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 members across our region
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blog posts
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10 Dec 2024
A Fond Farewell
The final blog before her retirement from outgoing North West Regional Director, Estephanie Dunn.
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23 Oct 2024
Sumbo's Mercy Ship Mission
My sabbatical took me on an epic journey from the city of Manchester to the green country of Sierra Leone.
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2 Oct 2024
How much has changed since Mary Seacole?
Black History Month - Has the issue of racial discrimination in nursing improved in the last 150 years?
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2 Aug 2024
Thoughts and condolences for Kerala
A devastating landslide has so far claimed the lives of almost 300 people in Kerala, India. Sanjith Nair, a North West Board member who hails from Kerala, was alarmed to hear about how the rain in the southern coastal state caused landslides in the hills of Wayanad district early on Tuesday, whilst many slept. He shares his thoughts.
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3 Jul 2024
Communication is the key
North West Regional Board Chair, Carmel O'Boyle, on the importance of the many ways we can amplify the nursing voice.
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3 Jul 2024
Meet the RCN North West Regional Board
The people who are representing you on the Board.
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2 Jul 2024
Change is in the air
North West Regional Director Estephanie Dunn on changing times, both inside and outside the College.
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4 Mar 2024
Time to stand up for our rights and our futures
Regional Director Estephanie Dunn on where we stand on pay in the North West.
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4 Mar 2024
Time to enjoy the restorative power of nature
NW Board Chair Carmel O'Boyle on the rejuvenating effects of the changing season.
Elections and appointments
Put forward an agenda item for Council
Page last updated - 24/07/2025
