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RCN Nottinghamshire Branch



If you're an RCN member working in Nottinghamshire, you're automatically a member of our Nottinghamshire 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.

Contact us

Your branch team

  • Chair: Eleanor Garnett-Scheffel
  • Secretary: Vacant
  • Treasurer: Sophie McKay

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All branch events

Our branch annual general meeting (AGM)

Every year, our branch holds its annual general meeting (AGM). We review our branch activity over the past twelve months, before mapping out what we want to achieve over the next year. It's also a chance to 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.

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



477 blog posts
  • Prof Alison Leary Prof Alison Leary 20 Mar 2026

    Voices for safety: A movement only ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ can lead

    RCN Deputy President Professor Alison Leary on why every shift and every story helps build the evidence that will reshape the future of ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ.

  • Professor Nicola Ranger Professor Nicola Ranger 20 Mar 2026

    COVID-19 Inquiry: Nursing will never forget

    RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on the findings of Module 3 of the COVID-19 Inquiry and the lasting impact on our profession.

  • Marcus Wootton Marcus Wootton 18 Mar 2026

    Rising from the fire: How Myanmar’s Nursing Students Reached Graduation Against the Odds

    Marcus Wootton, Associate Director of the RCN International Nursing Academy, recounts yesterday’s extraordinary graduation ceremony of student nurses in Myanmar who have, against all odds, completed their ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ degrees while Myanmar’s civil war continues. The programme, which the RCN has supported, is the first of its kind worldwide to provide a viable pathway to a new, high quality ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ workforce in a conflict zone.

  • Rosalind Mabey Rosalind Mabey 18 Mar 2026

    Walking my Mum home: reflections on care, loss, and a new chapter

    The last week of my Mum’s life was both the hardest and the most profound experience I’ve ever lived through. It was a week where time slowed, where every breath mattered, and where the boundaries between being a daughter and being a nurse blurred into something deeply human. I had always known that the fundamental skills I learned during my training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and beyond would shape my career, but I never imagined how much they would shape this final chapter with her.

  • Pathways with people pictured from a bird's eye view (from above) with long shadows, going along different intersecting blue roads leading out of the picture and going around in swirls and curves Kirsten Bland Kirsten Bland 17 Mar 2026

    Navigating organisational change in staff-side roles within an ICB

    Organisational change is a constant in the NHS, and while it can bring important opportunities for reflection, collaboration, and growth, it also creates uncertainty for the humans involved.

  • Anouska Kuta Anouska Kuta 16 Mar 2026

    Where science meets compassion: the power of Clinical Nurse Specialists in cancer care

    This National Cancer CNS Day, Gynaecological Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Anouska Kuta reflects on how CNS connect science, compassion and leadership in modern cancer care.

  • Dr Janet James Dr Janet James 13 Mar 2026

    Hot off the press: Updated NICE NG28 Guidelines for Type 2 Diabetes

    Great news for everyone supporting people living with type 2 diabetes — the updated NICE NG28 guidelines landed in February, following the previous review in 2022, and they bring some genuinely positive changes.

  • Linda Nazarko Linda Nazarko 13 Mar 2026

    World Kidney Day: caring for people, protecting the planet

    To mark World Kidney Day which took place this week, Linda Nazarko reflects on early detection and the risks of chronic kidney disease.

  • Madhu Bhosale Madhu Bhosale 12 Mar 2026

    When understanding matters: Building cultural competence from the start of ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ education

    Cultural competence is not a tick-box exercise, it is the heart of person-centered ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ care. This blog shares how one experiential event at School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University Belfast is helping student nurses build the skills, confidence and self-awareness to care for an increasingly diverse population.

  • Hazel Haworth and Peter Alexander Hazel Haworth and Peter Alexander 11 Mar 2026

    Talk to us, not about us: how we co-produced a dementia documentary

    This blog is written together by two people with different but equally important perspectives: a practitioner working in older people’s and dementia care, and a man living with dementia who helped co-produce a documentary for health and social care staff.

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 - 16/01/2026