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Suffolk

RCN Suffolk Branch



If you're an RCN member working in Suffolk, you're automatically a member of our Suffolk branch. Welcome to your ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ 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.

Your branch team

  • Chair: Laura Bird
  • Vice chair: Vacant
  • Treasurer: Vacant
  • Secretary: Tracey Risebrow

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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 ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ agenda. Details of the next AGM will be posted in the events section as soon as available.

Our branch and RCN Congress

Branches play a key role in RCN Congress. Our members can submit debate topics for the annual conference, which are then discussed and voted on by the wider membership, influencing the RCN's future work.

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



452 blog posts
  • Review of Band 5 Nursing Roles David David 29 Sep 2025

    'I rediscovered a sense of value'

    Read nurse David’s experience of achieving success in the band 5 ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ roles review

  • Lawrence Whyte Lawrence Whyte 26 Sep 2025

    Pioneers of mental health ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ: An introduction

    This blog provides an introduction to six pioneers of mental health ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ who changed the ways in which we thought about or changed our practice. 

  • Maddy Dunningham Maddy Dunningham 26 Sep 2025

    Empowering access to cervical screening

    This blog looks at the Very Important Invitation Project, a unique service running across Suffolk and North East Essex with the main aim of increasing accessibility and uptake of cervical screening. The project focuses on removing barriers to cervical screening for those most at risk of health inequality.

  • Bejoy Sebastian Bejoy Sebastian 26 Sep 2025

    Our diversity is our strength

    RCN President Bejoy Sebastian celebrates the diversity of the ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ profession and looks forward to Black History Month.

  • Yvonne Coghill CBE Yvonne Coghill CBE 24 Sep 2025

    Without nurses from the Global Majority, where would the NHS be?

    RCN Fellow Yvonne Coghill CBE calls on senior nurses to do what they can to improve equality and equity in their organisations during these distressing times.

Elections and appointments

Get more involved by putting yourself forward as a candidate for Council, a board, a committee or a forum. You can also make your voice heard by voting in our current elections.
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Put forward an agenda item for Council

Members can submit an agenda item for Council to discuss at one of their meetings. If your submission is accepted, you can present it to Council during the meeting, either remotely or in person.
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Page last updated - 29/07/2025