
¿ìèÊÓÆµ 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 ¿ìèÊÓÆµ Congress
All members can attend ¿ìèÊÓÆµ 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 ¿ìèÊÓÆµ 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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2 Sep 2025
My experience at the ¿ìèÊÓÆµ Congress in Liverpool
This blog represents my reflections on attending ¿ìèÊÓÆµ Congress 2025 as a voting member for the Perioperative Forum.
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1 Sep 2025
Building a Society of Health
Luke Evans, Chair of the Public Health Forum and host of the podcast 'Society of Health' discusses why all nurses should have an understanding of system barriers to ill health.
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29 Aug 2025
Raising Our Voices: Why I Chose to Get Involved in Activism as an Early Career Nurse
When I started my journey into nursing, I thought I’d be making a difference through care, compassion, and clinical skill. And I am. But what I didn’t expect was how deeply I’d be pulled into something bigger, activism. Advocacy. Speaking up not just for my patients, but for my peers and my profession.
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29 Aug 2025
Putting Nurses at the Heart of Genomics – Investment Must Match Ambition
Dr Stephen Jones, Head of Nursing Practice in the ¿ìèÊÓÆµ Institute of Nursing Excellence, responds to the UK government’s plan to put nurses at the heart of a new genomics population health service.
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29 Aug 2025
2025/26 NHS pay - update
¿ìèÊÓÆµ Executive Director for England Patricia Marquis shares an update on the 2025/26 NHS pay situation, outlining the urgent need for structural reform and fair recognition of nursing staff across the UK.
Elections and appointments

Put forward an agenda item for Council

Page last updated - 29/07/2025