Sir Jonathan Elliott Asbridge: Uk’s First Nursing and Midwifery President
Sir Jonathan Elliott Asbridge was the first president of the UK’s Nursing and Midwifery Council and a registrant member for England (Nursing).
His first introduction to the caring profession was as a St John Ambulance Cadet at Cardiff Castle Division, Cardiff, South Wales. He studied to be a state registered nurse at the Nightingale School , St Thomas’ Hospital , London, and gained a diploma in nursing at Swansea University . He began his career as a staff nurse and charge nurse in critical care, then senior nurse an in-patient manager at
Singleton Hospital in 1983 before moving to Addenbrooke’s Hospital where, after a period as general manager, he moved into a role of corporate responsibility as director of clinical care service. He was then Chief Nurse at Barts and the Royal London Hospitals . At the end of September 2003 he left this position and took up a new post as National Patient Champion for A&E Experience at the NHS Modernisation Agency. He has also worked at Llandough Hospital and John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
He is a member of the Royal College of Nursing , Amnesty International , and the Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee. He is a trustee of the Nurses Welfare Service. He is also the senior nursing editor for the Journal of Clinical Evaluation in Practice.
On 17 June 2006 he was given a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List . He currently is Interim Director of Nursing for NHS London, the Strategic Health Authority for London.
