快猫视频 Southampton聽and Isle of Wight
If you're an 快猫视频 member working in Southampton or the Isle of Wight, you're automatically a member of our Southampton and Isle of Wight branch. Welcome to your nursing community.
Our branch includes members at major NHS trusts covering Southampton General and St Mary’s Hospitals. It also includes members at NHS mental health and community trusts, independent sector providers and care homes.
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.
Your branch team
- Chair: Nicole Forbes
- Secretary: Denise Wills
- Treasurer: Michelle Hare
- Committee Member (Isle of Wight Lead): Michele Cook
- Committee Member (Student Lead): David Lygo
- Committee Member (Social Media Lead): Olabisi Omolola Olatunde
Contact us
Branch Chair - Nicole Forbes
Nicole qualified as a nurse in 2012, from Queen's University in Belfast. She has worked within the NHS since qualifying and is currently working as a Nurse Endoscopist at UHS Endoscopy Unit. At the 快猫视频, Nicole is Lead Steward for the trust and has been Southampton and Isle of Wight Branch Chair since 2021. Nicola attends joint staff side, staff partnership and policy meetings on behalf of members.
You can contact Nicole by emailing nicole.forbes@reps.rcn.org.uk
Branch Secretary - Denise Wills
Denise qualified as a nurse in 1982 from University College Hospital London. She has worked in the NHS her entire career and is currently a Theatre Sister in the Wessex Neurological Theatres at Southampton. At the 快猫视频 Denise has been a Learning Representative and is the Trust Lead Union Learning Representative assisting all unions with fair access to education and learning. She is also the Joint Staff Side Lead for Job Evaluation. She has been Branch Secretary since 2018 and was 快猫视频 Learning Representative of the Year 2016 for her work on revalidation.You can contact Denise by emailing her at denise.wills@reps.rcn.org.uk
Branch Treasurer - Michelle Hare
Michelle joined Wessex Neurological Unit at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) in 1996 as an HCA. She completed Senior HCA training and became one of the first wave of Assistant Practitioners to be trained at UHS in 2010. She continues to work at UHS as a Senior Clinical Trail Assistant with the Southampton Cancer Research Team. Michelle has been an 快猫视频 member since 2007, and a Safety Representative since 2019.
You can contact Michelle by emailing her at michelle.hare@reps.rcn.org.uk
Join us at one of our branch drop-in sessions:
Have you got any work-related questions or issues you would like to discuss? Would you like to find out more about the 快猫视频?
Then come along to one of our regular drop-in sessions where you can meet with your local 快猫视频 Branch Team and Regional Officers.
You can or drop by in person 11.30am-1.30pm, Southampton General Hospital, Room for Improvement, B- level (Feast restaurant entrance)
Upcoming sessions:
- 8 January 2025
- 12 February 2025
- 12 March 2025
- 9 April 2025
If you're on the Isle of Wight, please get in touch to let us know how we can support events on the island.
The priorities and activity for us as a branch are:聽
- Member engagement
- Rep recruitment
- Pay and rewards
- Staffing and skill mix
- Branch activities
- Revalidation
Page last updated - 09/07/2025
