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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



244 blog posts
  • Charlotte Galloway Charlotte Galloway 3 Dec 2024

    My first year as a committee member

    This blog provides an insight into my first year as a committee member, of the Fertility Nursing Forum. I hope this blog empowers and encourages you to think about becoming a committee member in the future.

  • Lisa Whitely Lisa Whitely 2 Dec 2024

    IBD Benchmarking

    The National IBD benchmarking has now been released and enables IBD teams across the country to measure their service against the IBD standards and other IBD services.

  • Rebecca Crisp Rebecca Crisp 28 Nov 2024

    RCN Defence Forum Nurse Honours War Heroine Edith Cavell in Commemorative Ceremony

    Corporal Rebecca Crisp from the Royal College of Nursing Defence Forum joins Chief Executive and esteemed colleagues in wreath-bearing tribute to Edith Cavell’s legacy of courage and sacrifice.

  • A nurse talks to a junior nurse with a third nurse in the background preparing a bed Jane Coad Jane Coad 25 Nov 2024

    The Repository Project: Supporting Collaboration and Connectivity in Nursing Research

  • Catalina Cerlinca Catalina Cerlinca 23 Nov 2024

    Celebrating the key role of nursing support workers

    Nursing Associate Catalina Cerlinca shares why she is proud to be a nursing support worker

  • NSW-Day-Scotland-2024 Gemma Walker Gemma Walker 22 Nov 2024

    Through the lens of a nursing support worker – Celebrating our role

    I have heard, and been referred to by, many names in my role as a nursing support worker (NSW). I’m not just a nursing support worker. I am trained and skilled, I am caring and compassionate, I value and uphold person centred principles when working with others and patients. 

  • Tori Heppell Tori Heppell 22 Nov 2024

    Impacting more accurate accounts of miscarriage in film and television

    Demonstrating how nurses can influence understanding, awareness, support and acceptance of issues; and how they can use their knowledge and experience to ensure their patients and colleagues are factually represented in the media.

  • Joyce Pickering Joyce Pickering 22 Nov 2024

    Being a Nurse Partner in General Practice

    Nurse Partnership is considered by many as the 'Top Job' for practice nurses. However, what is it really like? This blog is about my personal experience about being a nurse business partner in general practice.

  • Nurse on ward Lucy Hayes Lucy Hayes 21 Nov 2024

    Speaking up

    As registered nurses (RNs) we know we have a legal duty to speak-up when we have concerns about care (NMC, 2018). However, as newly-registered nurses (NRNs), in a time when care is often less than what we would want to give, this can be especially difficult.

  • Linda Bailey Linda Bailey 21 Nov 2024

    With a little help from my friends

    Our new Chair of Congress Linda Bailey encourages all members to consider getting more active in RCN Congress 2025 by applying to become a voting member – through the medium of Beatles songs.

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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