ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Suffolk 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
Your branch team
- Chair: Laura Bird
- Vice chair: Vacant
- Treasurer: Vacant
- Secretary: Tracey Risebrow
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All branch events
Our branch annual general meeting (AGM)
Every year, our branch holds its AGM, where we:
- review our branch activity over the past twelve months
- map out what we want to achieve over the next year
- elect the branch committee for the coming year
- discuss with your fellow branch members the issues which are most important to you right now
Our branch and ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Congress
All members can attend ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ 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 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ 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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10 Oct 2025
Keeping up the pressure: ensuring there are newly registered nursing roles for nursing graduates
Lynn Woolsey, ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ UK Chief Nursing Officer, explains how the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ is continuing to keep the spotlight on ensuring that all nursing graduates can find a permanent nursing role after graduation.
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9 Oct 2025
Reading’s private nursing service, 1873 to 1940
In keeping with other voluntary hospitals in the late nineteenth century the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH), Reading, introduced a private nursing service. At the time, these were a popular employment option for many nurses. This blog uses the archival records of the RBH to explore the scheme.
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9 Oct 2025
Supporting Future Nurses: My Journey Back to the University of East Anglia
In this blog, Callum Metcalfe-O’Shea, UK Professional Lead for Long-Term Conditions, talks about his experience of going back to the University of East Anglia (UEA) where he was once a nursing student, to now teach the next generation of students and how this MSc course is supporting nurses of the future.
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7 Oct 2025
Finding My Voice: My journey on the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Students Committee
Natasha Green, the former ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Students Committee Eastern region representative, talks about the great personal and professional benefits the role has given her.
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2 Oct 2025
Pay, representation and new recruits – a busy autumn in prospect
The latest thoughts from North West Regional Director, Simon Browes.
Elections and appointments
Put forward an agenda item for Council
Page last updated - 29/07/2025