Steve Forsyth, Chief Nurse

Steve is our Chief Nurse and is the UK’s first male chief nurse of South Asian heritage. He previously carried out senior roles in North Wales and in the West Midlands

Over the last two decades, Steve has worked in criminal justice, physical health and mental health services. A registered nurse in both adult nursing and mental health, Steve is a qualified best interest assessor and is trained to carry out eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR).

Steve’s nursing career began in 1997 with his nurse training and a role as a care assistant. He was inspired by his mother, Inderjit, who came to the UK from India in October 1959, qualified as a nurse in 1975 and is still practising almost 50 years later.

Steve is a member of the national global majority chief nurse officer group, an active and proud member of the Jabali network, the Nola Ishmael executive nurses group, Asian professionals national alliance (APNA) and British Indian nurses association (BINA), the Gambian force and a director for the African Caribbean community initiative.

Page last reviewed: April 03, 2024
Next review due: April 03, 2025