Mr Tony Ocuto Forkuo-Minka

As a Senior Lecturer in Nursing and Healthcare at Kingston University London, I combine academic rigour with real-world executive healthcare experience. My career spans clinical practice, senior health system leadership, and higher education across the UK and sub-Saharan Africa, giving me a multidimensional and global perspective on the evolving challenges and opportunities in nursing and healthcare delivery.

My academic and professional qualifications reflect a deep commitment to integrating theory with practice. I hold an MSc in Global Health and Management, an MBA in Strategic Business Management, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching, Learning and Assessment. I am also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My clinical foundation includes a BSc in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing – School Nursing, and a Higher Education Diploma in Registered Sick Children’s Nursing. These qualifications are grounded in frontline experience and are central to how I approach both practice, teaching and research. 

Previously, I served as Nursing Services Director at a leading private hospital in Ghana, where I led strategic initiatives in nursing administration, patient safety, quality improvement, and efficient health system operations. I reported key performance metrics directly to the board and shareholders. This role strengthened my conviction that sustainable healthcare transformation depends on evidence-based practice, culturally responsive leadership, and the ability to adapt to dynamic health system pressures. Prior to this, I played a leading role in the curriculum development, NMC approval & accreditation of the MSc Advancing Practice programme (post registration) at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland. I was a lecturer and course lead for the SCPHSN programme. It was there that I discovered my enduring passion for peer and institutional-led reviews to develop reflective,  quality improvements, resilient, and future-ready nursing professionals capable of leading within complex and diverse healthcare systems in diverse locality. 

In my teaching, I emphasise critical thinking, evidence synthesis, leadership development, coaching and mentorship, and the ability to integrate theory and practice. I encourage students to interrogate assumptions, particularly in areas such as global health equity, ethical care delivery, and resource allocation. My research focuses on quality improvement, root cause analysis, and the operational intricacies of healthcare systems in both high-resource and low-resource contexts.

I advocate for trust, collaboration, sustainability, and accountability anchored in empathy and an understanding of institutional realities. Whether mentoring students, contributing to curriculum development, or consulting on healthcare strategy, optimising healthcare operations, I prioritise measurable impact while keeping people at the centre of every decision.

Looking forward, I am particularly interested in building cross-sector and international partnerships that redefine the boundaries of nursing education and healthcare delivery. Throughout my career, I have been driven by a consistent question: how can we do things better? That question continues to guide my work whether through teaching and academic, leadership, policy engagement, or patient safety innovation.