Nicholas Bradbury was ordained in 1973 to a curacy at the Elephant and Castle. From 1976-79 he was in community with the Jesuits in New York City. After serving as Vicar of Holy Trinity, Tottenham for 6 years he became Director of Pastoral Theology at Salisbury & Wells Theological College during which time, following the Faith in the City Report, he wrote City of God? Pastoral Care in the Inner City for the SPCK New Library of Pastoral Care (1989), considerably acclaimed by reviewers, one journal calling it 'a masterpiece'. For the Blackwell Reader in Pastoral and Practical Theology he wrote the chapter on 'Ecclesiology'. He has written for journals such as Theology, Contact: the interdisciplinary journal of pastoral studies, the Scottish Journal of Theology and the HSJ (Health Service Journal) as well as for the Guardian on Anandamayi Ma and the Hindu spiritual tradition and for other newspapers on a wide variety of subjects. He has made over 130 BBC broadcasts mostly on Radio 4 and Radio 2. He is widely known as a preacher, facilitator, retreat-giver and NHS executive team coach. From 2001-2013 he was a Senior Fellow of the King's Fund. He is currently an Associate Director of the NHS Leadership Academy and a freelance leadership development consultant. He is an Associate Priest of the benefice of St Giles and St Margaret in central Oxford.