 
                ÍâÍøÌìÌà 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 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Congress
All members can attend ÍâÍøÌìÌà 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 ÍâÍøÌìÌà 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
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                26 Jul 2024 Being part of the changeAssociate Director of the Activism Academy George Woods introduces the work behind the launch of the academy and how members can get involved. 
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                 25 Jul 2024 25 Jul 2024Nursing role profiles are out of date, unfair and unjust: new proposals don’t go far enoughÍâÍøÌìÌà General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger responds to the new proposed NHS national nursing role profiles. 
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                       24 Jul 2024 24 Jul 2024Affordable parking and transport mattersI’m passionate about my work and have found my place in critical care. I feel it is important that we make these traumatic times better for people. It frustrates me that many people think nursing staff do little more than hold hands and plump pillows; we are far more than that. 
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                 23 Jul 2024 23 Jul 2024The challenges and rewards of managing overseas medical careNichola Walmsley, Operations Manager at Healix, discusses the complex work of handling medical treatment for patients around the world. 
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                       18 Jul 2024 18 Jul 2024Behind bars and bandages: providing care in prisonLeanne Hume and Michelle Raddings, our Lead Nurses for Independent Health and Social Care in the Northern and Yorkshire and Humber regions, discuss their visit to a regional reception prison and what they learned from the nursing staff there. 
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                       12 Jul 2024 12 Jul 2024Representing ÍâÍøÌìÌà members at the European Federation of Public Service Unions' 11th CongressThe European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) represents 8 million public service workers across Europe and has significant influence over the policies and decisions of employers, governments and institutions. The ÍâÍøÌìÌÃ, as a major membership stakeholder, sits on the executive and the EPSU Congress is held every five years. This year the event was held over three days in Bucharest, Romania, and I attended representing the Professional Nursing Committee as Vice Chair alongside three delegates: Denise Kelly, Dennis Greer and Jackie Davies representing the ÍâÍøÌìÌà Trade Union Committee, and Brian Morton, ÍâÍøÌìÌà Associate Director for Employment Relations. 
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                 11 Jul 2024 11 Jul 2024Introducing our new Head of Scheme, Michelle MoseleyI joined the Prince of Wales Nursing Cadet Scheme in June 2024 as Head of Scheme. 
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                       11 Jul 2024 11 Jul 2024A focus on school nursing in WalesMajella shares the work the ÍâÍøÌìÌà Wales independent sector and community advisers have been doing with school nurses in Wales. 
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                 10 Jul 2024 10 Jul 2024Countdown to the AGMChair of Council Paul Vaughan looks ahead to the ÍâÍøÌìÌà Annual General Meeting and the importance of using your vote. 
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                       10 Jul 2024 10 Jul 2024Bringing the chocolates and spreading the word.ÍâÍøÌìÌà Steward Jo Wilson shares her ÍâÍøÌìÌà Nurses' Day experience. 
Elections and appointments
 
                Put forward an agenda item for Council
 
                Page last updated - 29/07/2025