Steve Ford
@stevejford.bsky.social
I'm the editor of Nursing Times which you can also find at @nursingtimes.bsky.social. Follow me for the latest news and views on health and social care, and the occasional photo of some urban countryside and London skies
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I am privileged to be given the opportunity of being a member of the advisory board for the CNO England's Professional Nursing and Midwifery Strategy.
@stevejford.bsky.social @rcm.org.uk @rcn.org.uk
@stevejford.bsky.social @rcm.org.uk @rcn.org.uk
‘Our profession is most robust when every voice is appreciated’
Student editor Sana Gul on how early career nurses contribute a distinctive perspective to policy and strategy formulation. #nurse #nursing #nurses #careers
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Student editor Sana Gul on how early career nurses contribute a distinctive perspective to policy and strategy formulation. #nurse #nursing #nurses #careers
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'Our profession is most robust when every voice is appreciated'
Student editor Sana Gul on how early career nurses contribute a distinctive perspective to policy and strategy formulation.
www.nursingtimes.net
September 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I am privileged to be given the opportunity of being a member of the advisory board for the CNO England's Professional Nursing and Midwifery Strategy.
@stevejford.bsky.social @rcm.org.uk @rcn.org.uk
@stevejford.bsky.social @rcm.org.uk @rcn.org.uk
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Four inspired Queen’s Nurses @theqicn.bsky.social after listening to the short list presentations in the “Nursing in the Community” category yesterday in London @nursingtimes.bsky.social @stevejford.bsky.social All worthy winners - looking forward to the awards ceremony in October ⭐️👏⭐️👏⭐️🏆
September 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Four inspired Queen’s Nurses @theqicn.bsky.social after listening to the short list presentations in the “Nursing in the Community” category yesterday in London @nursingtimes.bsky.social @stevejford.bsky.social All worthy winners - looking forward to the awards ceremony in October ⭐️👏⭐️👏⭐️🏆
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Great day ahead at the Nursing Times Career Plus event at The Park Plaza Victoria- inspirational speakers, exhibitors, one to one career clinic & much more - come & join us @nursingtimes.bsky.social @stevejford.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
June 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Great day ahead at the Nursing Times Career Plus event at The Park Plaza Victoria- inspirational speakers, exhibitors, one to one career clinic & much more - come & join us @nursingtimes.bsky.social @stevejford.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Heading to London for the @nursingtimes.bsky.social Student Awards #SNTA proud to have judged the “Outstanding Contribution to Student Affairs” category- all worthy winners & looking forward to seeing the finalists & panel judges again - enjoy the day everyone @stevejford.bsky.social ⭐️🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆⭐️
May 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Heading to London for the @nursingtimes.bsky.social Student Awards #SNTA proud to have judged the “Outstanding Contribution to Student Affairs” category- all worthy winners & looking forward to seeing the finalists & panel judges again - enjoy the day everyone @stevejford.bsky.social ⭐️🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆⭐️
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It's great to be back on here.
Took an enforced break.
After returning from Australia, came down with the nasty virus that has been plaguing many.
Grateful to be vertical again.
It's been a busy week!
Today it was @nursingtimes.bsky.social
#SNTA 2025 judging with fabulous colleagues.
Took an enforced break.
After returning from Australia, came down with the nasty virus that has been plaguing many.
Grateful to be vertical again.
It's been a busy week!
Today it was @nursingtimes.bsky.social
#SNTA 2025 judging with fabulous colleagues.
March 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's great to be back on here.
Took an enforced break.
After returning from Australia, came down with the nasty virus that has been plaguing many.
Grateful to be vertical again.
It's been a busy week!
Today it was @nursingtimes.bsky.social
#SNTA 2025 judging with fabulous colleagues.
Took an enforced break.
After returning from Australia, came down with the nasty virus that has been plaguing many.
Grateful to be vertical again.
It's been a busy week!
Today it was @nursingtimes.bsky.social
#SNTA 2025 judging with fabulous colleagues.
Great quote: “Buffets are where good taste goes to die.” www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
This is my final OFM column. Here’s what I’ve learned about buffets, ‘clean eating’ and what not to serve food on | Jay Rayner
Much has changed in the food world but there are a few truths that still hold
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February 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Great quote: “Buffets are where good taste goes to die.” www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
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Have you faced violence at work? New survey for nurses
Do you feel safe at work? Nursing Times and Unison have today launched a survey to find out nursing and midwifery staff’s experiences of physical violence in the workplace. #nursing #workforce #nurses #nhs
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Do you feel safe at work? Nursing Times and Unison have today launched a survey to find out nursing and midwifery staff’s experiences of physical violence in the workplace. #nursing #workforce #nurses #nhs
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Have you faced violence at work? New survey for nurses
Do you feel safe at work? Nursing Times and Unison have today launched a survey to find out nurs...
www.nursingtimes.net
February 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Have you faced violence at work? New survey for nurses
Do you feel safe at work? Nursing Times and Unison have today launched a survey to find out nursing and midwifery staff’s experiences of physical violence in the workplace. #nursing #workforce #nurses #nhs
www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/ha...
Do you feel safe at work? Nursing Times and Unison have today launched a survey to find out nursing and midwifery staff’s experiences of physical violence in the workplace. #nursing #workforce #nurses #nhs
www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/ha...
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I can hardly believe it - my first article has been published on the Nursing Times web! 💙 This is a moment I never dreamed would come and I am so grateful for the support that helped me get here. If you’d like to read it : www.nursingtimes.net/students/the...
#NursingTimes #WritingJourney #Student
#NursingTimes #WritingJourney #Student
‘The challenges of studying in a second language have made me more resilient’
Hello fellow healthcare adventurers! I’m Zaneta and from Lithuania, navigating the challenging b...
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December 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I can hardly believe it - my first article has been published on the Nursing Times web! 💙 This is a moment I never dreamed would come and I am so grateful for the support that helped me get here. If you’d like to read it : www.nursingtimes.net/students/the...
#NursingTimes #WritingJourney #Student
#NursingTimes #WritingJourney #Student
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My first blog as @nursingtimes.bsky.social student editor.
Happy reading
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Happy reading
@swbhnhs.bsky.social @nhsbeeky.bsky.social @humanaqvi.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social
‘The journey with the Nursing Now Challenge has been deeply enriching’
Student editor @sanagul.bsky.social reflects on how her career took a transformative turn when she became involved with the Nursing Now Challenge. #nurses #leadership #NursingNowChallenge
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Student editor @sanagul.bsky.social reflects on how her career took a transformative turn when she became involved with the Nursing Now Challenge. #nurses #leadership #NursingNowChallenge
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‘The journey with the Nursing Now Challenge has been deeply enriching’
Coming from a nursing background, I have been a registered nurse for the past four years and am ...
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January 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
My first blog as @nursingtimes.bsky.social student editor.
Happy reading
@swbhnhs.bsky.social @nhsbeeky.bsky.social @humanaqvi.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social
Happy reading
@swbhnhs.bsky.social @nhsbeeky.bsky.social @humanaqvi.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social
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I am very grateful to the @nursingtimes.bsky.social & @stevejford.bsky.social 🥹❤️
The lovely team kindly sent me a copy of my article today so I can post it to my mum in Korea.
Thank you so much. It really means a lot❤️🥹
The lovely team kindly sent me a copy of my article today so I can post it to my mum in Korea.
Thank you so much. It really means a lot❤️🥹
February 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I am very grateful to the @nursingtimes.bsky.social & @stevejford.bsky.social 🥹❤️
The lovely team kindly sent me a copy of my article today so I can post it to my mum in Korea.
Thank you so much. It really means a lot❤️🥹
The lovely team kindly sent me a copy of my article today so I can post it to my mum in Korea.
Thank you so much. It really means a lot❤️🥹
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Today's #HistNursing #Badge
#Barking #Havering and #Brentwood School of Nursing
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#Barking #Havering and #Brentwood School of Nursing
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January 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Today's #HistNursing #Badge
#Barking #Havering and #Brentwood School of Nursing
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#Barking #Havering and #Brentwood School of Nursing
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Kindness of strangers: thanks to the guy in silver van who pointed out I had a flat tyre on the A13, thanks to the delivery bike rider who told me there was a tyre place nearby off the A406 and thanks to the mechanic who replaced the wheel so I got back in time for Heidi’s birthday: newhamtyres.com
Newham Tyres
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January 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Kindness of strangers: thanks to the guy in silver van who pointed out I had a flat tyre on the A13, thanks to the delivery bike rider who told me there was a tyre place nearby off the A406 and thanks to the mechanic who replaced the wheel so I got back in time for Heidi’s birthday: newhamtyres.com
I remember watching Eraserhead at the @exeter.ac.uk campus cinema in probably 1994, in a double bill with Rumblefish. I didn’t know what I was about to see which was probably a good thing. What an unforgettable film for so many reasons. Respect to #DavidLynch
January 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I remember watching Eraserhead at the @exeter.ac.uk campus cinema in probably 1994, in a double bill with Rumblefish. I didn’t know what I was about to see which was probably a good thing. What an unforgettable film for so many reasons. Respect to #DavidLynch
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A great read but this line:
‘Leadership is about creating a platform for others to thrive’
Loved it @sanagul.bsky.social 👏🏾👏🏾🤩
‘Leadership is about creating a platform for others to thrive’
Loved it @sanagul.bsky.social 👏🏾👏🏾🤩
January 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Frost and 🧊 this morning at Cherry Tree Wood in East Finchley. Lots of people out for walks
January 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Frost and 🧊 this morning at Cherry Tree Wood in East Finchley. Lots of people out for walks
Night sky from nearby the @nursingtimes.bsky.social office earlier this evening #moon #nightsky #london
January 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Night sky from nearby the @nursingtimes.bsky.social office earlier this evening #moon #nightsky #london
Could be interesting tomorrow morning
January 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Could be interesting tomorrow morning
After about 20 years, I reacquainted myself with ice skating before Christmas. Great fun at Somerset House, once I’d got my eye in that is. Remembering my terror as a teenager at Romford ice rink
January 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
After about 20 years, I reacquainted myself with ice skating before Christmas. Great fun at Somerset House, once I’d got my eye in that is. Remembering my terror as a teenager at Romford ice rink
A little family tradition: Christmas carol singing at Lauderdale House in Highgate
December 19, 2024 at 6:43 PM
A little family tradition: Christmas carol singing at Lauderdale House in Highgate
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Thank you for the great opportunity @stevejford.bsky.social & @nursingtimes.bsky.social. Can't wait to share my thoughts to wider nursing & midwifery community globally.
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Announcing our Nursing Times student editors for 2024-25
Our Nursing Times student editors have been appointed for 2024-25 and have already started writing about their experiences and views exclusively for you. #students #nurses #nursing #university #blogs #nhs
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Our Nursing Times student editors have been appointed for 2024-25 and have already started writing about their experiences and views exclusively for you. #students #nurses #nursing #university #blogs #nhs
www.nursingtimes.net/education-an...
Announcing our Nursing Times student editors for 2024-25
Our Nursing Times student editors have been appointed for 2024-25 and have already started writi...
www.nursingtimes.net
December 13, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Thank you for the great opportunity @stevejford.bsky.social & @nursingtimes.bsky.social. Can't wait to share my thoughts to wider nursing & midwifery community globally.
@swbhnhs.bsky.social @humanaqvi.bsky.social @thercn.bsky.social @kamranabbasi.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social
@swbhnhs.bsky.social @humanaqvi.bsky.social @thercn.bsky.social @kamranabbasi.bsky.social @alisonleary1.bsky.social
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🎉 I’m thrilled to share that it’s official - I've been announced as one of the student editors at Nursing Times! A big thank you to Steve Ford for this incredible opportunity. Meet me and the amazing team of editors here: www.nursingtimes.net/students/mee...
#NursingTimes #StudentEditor 🌟
#NursingTimes #StudentEditor 🌟
Meet the student editors | Nursing Times
Meet the Nursing Times student editors who write regular blogs for us about nurse and midwife education and related topics.
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December 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM
🎉 I’m thrilled to share that it’s official - I've been announced as one of the student editors at Nursing Times! A big thank you to Steve Ford for this incredible opportunity. Meet me and the amazing team of editors here: www.nursingtimes.net/students/mee...
#NursingTimes #StudentEditor 🌟
#NursingTimes #StudentEditor 🌟
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No universal health coverage without midwives @swbhnhs.bsky.social @who.int @nursingstandard.bsky.social @nursingtimes.bsky.social @stevejford.bsky.social @rcnlibraries.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 9:12 AM
No universal health coverage without midwives @swbhnhs.bsky.social @who.int @nursingstandard.bsky.social @nursingtimes.bsky.social @stevejford.bsky.social @rcnlibraries.bsky.social
Excellent display of old annuals at the Shaws Booksellers today for the @nursingtimes.bsky.social festive team lunch. Sadly, I think I may own - or have once owned - the Rupert bear one and the Blue Peter one too www.shawsbooksellers.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Excellent display of old annuals at the Shaws Booksellers today for the @nursingtimes.bsky.social festive team lunch. Sadly, I think I may own - or have once owned - the Rupert bear one and the Blue Peter one too www.shawsbooksellers.co.uk
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Today's #HistNursing #Badge is from Ashford Hospital.
The figure is possibly Hygieia the Greek goddess of health
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The figure is possibly Hygieia the Greek goddess of health
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December 4, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Today's #HistNursing #Badge is from Ashford Hospital.
The figure is possibly Hygieia the Greek goddess of health
Browse to look at more of the #RCNArchives badge collection
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The figure is possibly Hygieia the Greek goddess of health
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