Minutes of the Royal College of Nursing Council meetings
- Reference:GB 1199 RCN2/1/2001
- Dates of Creation:2001
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.04m; 244 digital files
Scope and Content
Meetings were held every few months, in January, April, May, July and October. An additional special meeting of Council was held in March. Each meeting is split into open and closed sessions (in the following format: open agenda; minutes of previous open meeting; supporting papers for open agenda items; closed agenda, minutes of previous closed meeting; supporting papers for closed agenda items).
Items addressed at every meeting are: the location of the meeting, attendees and apologies, matters arising, administrative matters, staffing matters, committee and national boards' reports and a public affairs briefing.
During 2001 the topics discussed by Council in open sessions include:
Congress
Council priorities
Devolution of RCN Governance
Widening the membership
Pay Award and Pay Modernisation
NHS Pay Modernisation Talks
RCN Connect
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Association of Nursing Students (ANS)
Advisory Panels of Fields of Practice
Industrial action at John Radcliffe Hospital Accident and Emergency Department
Council member elections
Review of Governance Committees
RCN Institute Board of Governors
RCN International Affairs
This record relates to two separate sets of minutes: one set covers four bound volumes containing copies of the original papers. These volumes are kept in Store A.
The other set consists of two boxes of original loose papers, including supporting papers. These papers are kept in Store B.
A third set consists of digital minutes and papers.
The physical sets are indexed.
Access Information
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact the RCN Archives in advance of their first visit. Any requests for access will be approved by the Head of Governance, due to the inclusion of sensitive information.
Conditions Governing Use
Royal College of Nursing
Custodial History
The main bulk of volumes came from London library historical collection to Edinburgh with the Archives' collections in 1992. Library maintained a copy set. From 1992 up until 2009 the papers were transferred directly by Council and Committee Admin (previously 'General Secretariat', or 'General Secretary's Office') One copy went to RCN Library for binding and the original to Archives, unbound. In January 2017 the two sets were brought together to create one full run of papers and an additional run, with copies of most years. The more complete set is held in Store A and the less complete set in Store B.