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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23 Aug 2024
Why nursing voices matter in shaping care home research
Research undertaken in older adult care homes helps to drive innovation, but should be guided by what's important to residents and the people who support them – including nurses, who play a crucial part in residents' care. Do you have ideas about where care home research could make a difference?
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22 Aug 2024
Reflections on Congress 2024
An overview of Congress 2024 what the Neuroscience Forum may do for Congress 2025.
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22 Aug 2024
NICE recommends CYP2C19 genotype testing to personalise Clopidogrel use for stroke and TIA
This blog focuses on the recent NICE guideline on CYP2C19, explaining its relevance to stroke practice, particularly in the context of pharmacogenetics.
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20 Aug 2024
My experience as a first time voting member at Congress
Shannon Copeland, member of the Cancer Forum, talks about her experience as a first time voting member at ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ Congress.
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16 Aug 2024
Improving AfC - one step at a time
The Agenda for Change (AfC) pay scheme came into operation at the end of 2004. Twenty years on and the cracks in the system are widening every year.
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16 Aug 2024
Making the grade: valuing and investing in the future of our profession
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on the influx of new joiners to nursing A-level results day brings and encourages ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ members to use their voices in our consultation on the NHS pay award in England.
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12 Aug 2024
Congratulations to Dr Jane Brooks for winning the 2024 Lavinia L. Dock book prize
Congratulations are due to Dr Jane Brooks for achieving the prestigious 2024 Lavinia L. Dock Award for her latest book Jewish Refugees and the British Nursing Profession, A Gendered Opportunity.
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9 Aug 2024
Shaping ethical recruitment: Our response to WHO’s global code consultation
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ International Policy Advisor, Martyn Campbell, discusses our recent submission to the WHO consultation on global ethical nursing recruitment and reflects on the concerns that we raised on behalf of UK nursing.
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8 Aug 2024
Benefits of specialist nurses within maternal medicine
The health issues in pregnant woman are becoming complex. More women with co morbidities are having babies and require specialist maternal medicine care. This blog looks at my role as an ANP within the maternal medicine team and what nurses can bring to improve care for these women.
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7 Aug 2024
Making the right decisions in response to disclosure of rape or sexual assault
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ Fellow Jessica Davidson MBE argues that all healthcare professionals should familiarise themselves with what to do if a person discloses that they have been raped or sexually assaulted.
Elections and appointments
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