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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.

Contact us

Your branch team

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

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Be the first to know about meetings and connect with your fellow branch members.

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 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.

Hear from members across our region



286 blog posts
  • RCN-Congress-hall Lindsay Meeks Lindsay Meeks 3 Oct 2024

    Take some time to be inspired by Congress 2025

    Do you ever have the time to really think about how you're feeling about nursing, your future and the future of our profession?

  • Mojibola Odusanya Mojibola Odusanya 2 Oct 2024

    How much has changed since Mary Seacole?

    Black History Month - Has the issue of racial discrimination in nursing improved in the last 150 years?

  • Sandra Blades and Jo Roche Sandra Blades and Jo Roche 1 Oct 2024

    Teepa Snow

    Sandra Blade and Jo Roche attended the Teepa Snow sessions recently. Teepa Snow is an American dementia care specialist and an occupation therapist. Read their blog to learn more.

  • Tamsin Fletcher-Salt Tamsin Fletcher-Salt 1 Oct 2024

    Diabetes and the digital dawn: A nurse's guide to new technology

    In this blog, Tamsin Fletcher-Salt, a diabetes and endocrine nurse team leader and Clinical Diabetes Nurse Specialist discusses technology and its impact on providing diabetes care in contemporary practice.  

  • Rose Gallagher MBE Rose Gallagher MBE 27 Sep 2024

    Raising the voice of nursing in the COVID-19 Inquiry

    Content warning: please be aware that the following content contains details of the impact of COVID-19 on nursing staff

  • Balloons spelling "Yr Hangout" in window Dr Lisa Cordery Dr Lisa Cordery 26 Sep 2024

    Impact matters in health care

    Impact matters in health care. On the face of it, this seems like such an obvious statement. Of course it matters; it’s why we do what we do. It’s only when we stop to think of human experiences that the word ‘impact’ is meaningful.

  • Michelle Raddings Michelle Raddings 25 Sep 2024

    Celebrating our Nursing Workforce Standards Champions

    Michelle Raddings, Yorkshire & the Humber region IHSC lead nurse reflects on the recent Nursing Workforce Standards Champions awards and celebration event.

  • Audience at Congress Sarah Dodsworth Sarah Dodsworth 25 Sep 2024

    Come along to your local branch AGM!

    Regional Director Sarah Dodsworth highlights the importance of branch AGMs and why they are a great way for members to get more involved in their branch.

  • Daniel Gooding Daniel Gooding 18 Sep 2024

    Lord Darzi's review and the need to invest in the health of our children

    Daniel Gooding, RCN Children and Young People’s Acute Care Forum Chair and a paediatric charge nurse, reflects on what the Darzi review tells us about the deteriorating state of children and young people’s health and the need for investment.

  • Beds in a hospital corridor Colin Poolman Colin Poolman 17 Sep 2024

    Corridor care must be eradicated, not normalised

    It’s World Patient Safety Day, and as winter approaches Colin Poolman outlines why the unsafe practice of ‘corridor care’ must come to an end.

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