
¿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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11 Sep 2024
¿ìèÊÓÆµ Retired members conference 2024
How can retired members get active and influential in the ¿ìèÊÓÆµ?
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11 Sep 2024
We asked...What is nursing activism?
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10 Sep 2024
Speaking at ¿ìèÊÓÆµ Congress
IHSC member Joanna Grant on her rewarding experience of proposing and speaking to a resolution at Congress.
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9 Sep 2024
Get involved to create change
'What could getting active do for you, your peers, patients and your career?' ¿ìèÊÓÆµ South East's Rian Gleave on the benefits of participation.
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9 Sep 2024
Developing ¿ìèÊÓÆµ activists in the IHSC
¿ìèÊÓÆµ South East's Dawn Livingston on opportunities for activists in the Independent Health and Social Care Sector (IHSC).
Elections and appointments

Put forward an agenda item for Council

Page last updated - 29/07/2025