¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ Nottinghamshire Branch
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
- 0345 772 6100
- Email: eastmidlands.region@rcn.org.uk
Your branch team
- Chair: Ellie Garnett-Scheffel
- Secretary: Rubby Legbedze
- Treasurer: Shereen Parker
All branch events
Our branch annual general meeting (AGM)
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 ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ Congress
All members can attend ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ 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 ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ 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
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16 Oct 2024
Strengthening the voice of GP nurses
With a new pay increase finally approved for 2024-25, Jacqui Neil reflects on what we're doing to support general practice nurses.
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16 Oct 2024
Five decades of health, safety and wellbeing at work
Elspeth Caithness, Chair of the UK Health and Safety Representatives Committee, marks 50 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act and what it means for nursing.
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15 Oct 2024
Acute stroke nursing is my passion
William Jenner, member of the ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ Eastern board, talks about his passion for acute stroke nursing.
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15 Oct 2024
Bugs off that bump! Vaccinations during pregnancy
Maternal immunisation is safe and effective, yet uptake of these vital vaccinations remains poor. Nurses and midwives are trusted professionals, working with expectant and new families and a key source of information to help families make informed decisions.
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15 Oct 2024
Bursting the bubble
Education is essential at all bands and in all areas of nursing but can feel an uphill struggle to achieve. The Education Forum Conference 2024 was a chance to be inspired by the amazing educational work across the UK.
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15 Oct 2024
Time to highlight Scotland’s nursing stars
I’m delighted to see the nominations process for the 2025 Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards open today (15 October). Our Awards are fast becoming one of the most positive times in Scotland’s nursing calendar.
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11 Oct 2024
Challenge, Change, Hope: from the perspective of newly qualified nurses and midwives
My experience of 'Following Your Compassion', a collaboration project focusing on the perspectives of 24 of newly qualified midwives and nurses, and the follow-up conference at The Kings Fund conference which focused on 'Challenge, Change and Hope'.
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10 Oct 2024
Your vote, your voice: securing change for our profession
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on meeting Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP and the introduction of the Employment Rights Bill to the UK parliament.
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10 Oct 2024
Falls and the essential role nurses can play
Falling continues to be a critical public health issue for older adults, with approximately one-third of persons aged 65 years and older falling each year. This blog looks at the essential role nursing can play in falls prevention.
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9 Oct 2024
From the Archives: Alice Bird in World War Two
The ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ archives hold a wealth of artefacts and papers documenting the history of nursing from individual lives to major events. This blog series from the History of Nursing Forum is delving into the collection to share its treasures and to bring the archive to life. This is the first of 3 posts, concerning Alice Bird, a 20th Century nurse, midwife and tutor who worked in Sussex and London during World War Two.
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