Forums and networks
Forums and networks are groups of RCN members who work or have an interest in a particular area of professional nursing practice.
All forums provide you with the opportunity to keep up-to-date with development in your field, contribute in consultations, network with your peers and explore career development opportunities.
You can join more than one forum, but have to nominate one as your first choice, as this can impact on the power of a forum by influencing its voting rights at RCN Congress.
Networks bring members together in different ways – sometimes in a region or country, sometimes through a forum, sometimes by staff bringing members together, or members finding each other.
Join a forum or network
You can easily join a new forum or network, or manage the ones you’re already a member of.
Expertise in nursing: RCN Forums
RCN Forums provide expertise across a huge range of the RCN's work. Here's a quick look at just some of the work they do.
Network focus
Last year the RCN Newly Registered Nurse Network created a series of short films about life as a newly registered nurse, which demonstrates the diversity of a career in nursing.
Latest forum and networks news
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5 Jan 2024
We want to hear your event ideas
Our next exhibition will focus on the history of nursing support workers, from the 1800s to the present day. We’d like to involve more RCN members in our programme through an open call for event proposals.
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12 Dec 2023
Fully-funded History of Nursing PhD with the RCN Library and Archive: student applications now open
Intersection and Identity: Exploring the Professional and Personal Lives of Post-War Black Nurses in Britain. LAHP Collaborative Doctoral Award between Queen Mary University of London and Royal College of Nursing
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10 Oct 2023
Mental health parity: 'It feels like a losing battle'
Nursing staff raise alarm over mental health care inequality, saying it’s got worse since the pandemic and governments have failed to address the issue.
RCN Forums and Networks Review Report
The RCN forums and networks review looked at the ways in which our forums and networks function and made recommendations for how they could be improved. A full report on the review is now available.
Our structure
We're governed by the elected members who make up our Council, committees and boards. They represent our members and work alongside the Executive Team who are responsible for delivering our strategic and operational plans.
