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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 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.

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Your branch team

  • Chair: Ellie Garnett-Scheffel
  • Secretary: Rubby Legbedze
  • Treasurer: Shereen Parker

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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 nursing 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.

Branch policies and processes

Hear from members across our region



184 blog posts
  • Laura Daukintis Laura Daukintis 21 Feb 2025

    Celebrating Mental Health Nurses' Day 2025

    Back in 2019 the Royal College of Nursing’s Mental Health Forum was proud to launch Mental Health Nurses’ Day – a day that has now grown into a national movement. Six years on, it’s time once again to celebrate the work that this incredible profession does every day of the year.

  • Denise Kelly Denise Kelly 20 Feb 2025

    Building Rep Power

    Nursing is hard at the moment – as a frontline NHS nurse, I can attest to that. 

  • Deborah Holder Deborah Holder 20 Feb 2025

    Being a new RCN Diabetes Committee member

    Joining the Diabetes Forum Committee. My first strategy day and conference with the RCN Diabetes Forum. 

  • Helena Petrisor Helena Petrisor 20 Feb 2025

    Student, Senior HCA and now Forum Committee Member

    New to the RCN Diabetes Forum Committee, student Nurse, senior healthcare assistant, and mum on a round-the-clock mission, Helena talks about her experiences of joining the committee.

  • RCN Committees picture Leanne Hume Leanne Hume 18 Feb 2025

    Independent sector update: What’s coming up and how you can stay engaged

    Leanne Hume, Lead Nurse - Independent Health and Social Care (Northern Region), shares what’s coming up and how you can stay engaged.

  • Cardiff University staff and students protest over proposal to close its School Of Nursing Alison Goodfield Alison Goodfield 13 Feb 2025

    Raising our voices: Protesting with RCN student members in Cardiff

    RCN Wales stands in solidarity with the Save Nursing campaign and on Friday 7 February took part in a protest at Cardiff University against the proposed closure of its School of Nursing.

  • Professor Helen Allan Professor Helen Allan 12 Feb 2025

    ‘Dirty nursing’ arises from shame and stigma in women’s health

    RCN Fellow Professor Helen Allan says funding and delivery of high standards of health care to women will only improve once we acknowledge that women’s health is underfunded and stigmatised.

  • Buki Fatuga Buki Fatuga 11 Feb 2025

    My journey to prescribing

    This blog is about my journey to prescribing, how I got here, the skills required, and the benefits of taking on this advanced role in fertility nursing.

  • Kate Price Kate Price 10 Feb 2025

    Shifting the culture - why normalising grief in healthcare is important

    This blog is about the importance and value of providing a restorative and reflective space for teams to share thoughts and experiences of death and dying. Normalising grief within the context of healthcare may help to improve patient care and reduce burnout.

  • Josh Parker-Walsh Josh Parker-Walsh 7 Feb 2025

    It's time to do something that I really want to do

    Josh Parker-Walsh, the newly-elected West Midlands representative on our UK Students Committee, recalls the experiences that have led him into nursing and inspired him to become a champion of the student voice.

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 - 27/12/2025

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