
¿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.
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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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1 Jul 2025
Can GPNs stop leg ulcers in their tracks? Absolutely - my role as a PCN TVN
There has much talk since the publication of the Burden of Wounds research back in 2015 about what needs to be improved and how within wound care. Key stakeholders have worked tirelessly over the last 5 years to develop protocols, guidance, best practice statements and capability frameworks for staff providing wound care at every level and this Blog will highlight some simple but key areas where my role has supported GPNs within my PCN to effectively treat and prevent lower limb ulceration.
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1 Jul 2025
NHS pay consultation: act now, save tomorrow
¿ìèÊÓÆµ Head of Activist Engagement Harry Eccles believes it's crucial for nursing staff to pull together by voting in the ¿ìèÊÓÆµ pay ballot.
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27 Jun 2025
It’s time to vote – does 3.6% do enough to value nursing?
¿ìèÊÓÆµ General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger urges you to have your say by voting in the ¿ìèÊÓÆµ pay consultations and joining the ¿ìèÊÓÆµ Annual General Meeting.
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26 Jun 2025
Pride in an LGBT+ Affirming Retirement Community
This Blog looks at Tonic, at Bankhouse, and is the UK’s first LGBT+ affirming retirement community, offering a safe, inclusive space for older LGBT+ people to live with dignity and pride. Beyond housing, it fosters belonging, combats isolation, and champions systemic change in housing and care.
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25 Jun 2025
Remembering Dame June Clark
Chair of the ¿ìèÊÓÆµ Retired Member's Network (NPC Affiliated), Pat Hughes, shares her reflections and memories of her friend, colleague, and former ¿ìèÊÓÆµ President, Dame June Clark who sadly passed away last month.
Elections and appointments

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Page last updated - 29/07/2025