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
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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6 Oct 2026
Excellence, activism and belonging in rural maternity settings
Rural and coastal communities are challenged in the current healthcare system. As nurses and midwives working in these areas the people we care for become woven into our own lives. This creates a unique form of accountability which should afford us opportunities to be activists.
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1 Oct 2026
Black History Month 2026: Honouring our communities and building an anti-racist future
Chair of the RCN Anti-Racism Sub-Group Mehvish Shaffi-Ajibola reflects on the importance of Black History month and why recognising the tremendous contribution of Black nursing must go hand in hand with action to tackle racism and create lasting change.
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1 Oct 2026
Malawi nurses鈥� call for evidence: the launch of the Malawi Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
Developed through the leadership of nurses and midwives in Malawi, and supported by a growing partnership with the RCN, the launch of the Malawi Journal of Nursing and Midwifery marks an important step in strengthening nursing-led research, evidence and professional leadership in Malawi.
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30 Sep 2026
What does career success look like to you?
RCN South East's Rian Gleave considers how a personal approach to career development can boost your professional success.
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29 Sep 2026
Nursing Support Workers can join, get involved and succeed in the RCN
Sharon Mitchel on the important role of Nursing Support Worker members in the RCN.
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28 Sep 2026
"From a Christmas church service to a career I love"
Eve Price shares her inspirational career journey, reflecting on her professional and personal development during 25 years in social care.
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25 Sep 2026
Students are standing up: Reflections on the first RCN student organising workshop
On August 21st, students from across the UK countries converged in Cardiff for the first RCN student organising workshop of its kind.
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23 Sep 2026
The nurse behind the medal
I am donating a medal to the RCN Archive awarded to Harriet Maud Goulder for her service in the First World War. I researched her story and was asked to share a few words with the History of Nursing Forum about her life and why her story meant something to me.
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22 Sep 2026
Swimming in a sea of stories: creating opportunities for children and young people to talk about their pain through storytelling
As a children鈥檚 nurse, I鈥檝e listened to and engaged with countless stories told by children, young people and their families as well those told by colleagues. Many of these stories have been 鈥榩ain stories鈥�; stories that reveal something about how pain affects a child鈥檚 lifeworld.
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18 Sep 2026
Looking ahead: priorities for the future of nursing
RCN President Bejoy Sebastian outlines his priorities following his re-election, as well as reflecting on our Indefinite Leave to Remain report and our ratios briefing and new resource.
Elections and appointments
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Page last updated - 30/08/2026