Steve Ford is editor of Nursing Times. He has been editor since 2018, having joined Nursing Times in 2007 as news editor. He has also worked on Health Service Journal and Doctor among other publications. He specialises in health policy, especially workforce, education and regulation, but has also written regularly about clinical issues. He has overseen coverage of major stories such as the Francis report, swine flu, MMR and Covid-19, and is regularly asked by the wider media to comment on nursing stories