1st May 2026
Physiotherapist Lara and Therapy Practitioner Katy are Bridges Champions from the Community Neuro team in Chichester, West Sussex. Two years after completing Bridges self-management training we caught up with them... Read more
28th March 2024
We would like to thank Professor Paul Batalden for this thought-provoking blog. As we reflect on his words and our work with Bridges, the sentiments here represent a fundamental imperative... Read more
6th December 2023
As Bridges celebrates its 10th Birthday year, our Founder and CEO Professor Fiona Jones shares the story of how Bridges was formed, and reflects on the journey to where we... Read more
16th September 2022
I came across a jumper the other day. It was a picture on Instagram. There was nothing special about the jumper, it was white, no hood, no sparkle, no pockets... Read more
27th February 2022
The turning of a new year prompted a certain amount of reflection about how the past year had been and wow what a year 2021 was for me at Bridges. ... Read more
22nd September 2021
It seems that not a day goes by without my twitter feed bringing up yet more worrying symptoms of long Covid, adding to the already considerable list. Only today, I... Read more20th January 2021
I like your hat, really suits you… (me) I like your jumper, lovely colour…(Neema) Thanks for joining and doing this interview…(me) I nearly didn’t. I don’t like new things, since... Read more
8th September 2020
As the impact of another surge in COVID-19 looms, we have an opportunity to take stock of not only the challenges that COVID-19 has thus far presented but where this... Read more
21st August 2020
Is it just me or does it feel like the end of a decade does bring forth a certain shift and sense of forward movement? In the NHS it can... Read more
1st April 2020
As I write, we are in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, and a time of unprecedented pressure on our health and social care services. Our exemplary NHS professionals are... Read more
21st March 2020
Lucy Maran is a Speech and Language Therapist for the acute and community stroke teams at Royal London Hospital and an Associate Trainer with Bridges Self-Management. Lucy was trained to... Read more
21st March 2020
As stroke and neuro rehab staff, we aim to do the best for people with a long-term neuro condition who come to us for rehabilitation. We know that we do... Read more
21st March 2020
When working in an acute busy environment attempting to make even small changes to practice can seem challenging. Frequently the barriers seem relentless, unchanging and tiring. Having recently completed the... Read more
24th September 2018
I work in a Level 1 Neurological Rehabilitation Centre, in a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist-led multi-disciplinary team (MDT). I attended the Bridges workshop in 2017 and having used it successfully with Stroke and... Read more
2nd July 2018
On 26th April we launched the ‘Bridges to recovery after trauma’ book to healthcare staff at St George’s Major Trauma Centre, London. Staff were invited to join two-hour sessions in... Read more
5th March 2018
Self manage’… a complex process through which you complete your day to day life, work towards goals, and maintain your roles. I relate this to the idea of making it... Read more
29th January 2018
Many years ago I interviewed someone and asked ‘what was the most important factor in helping you recover?’, without pause she said ‘its courage really’. She had lived through an... Read more
9th February 2017
Tess Baird is an unstoppable force. In November 2016 she gathered together a few colleagues and contacts in a small room in London's Mile End Hospital to explain her bonkers... Read more
4th January 2017
Our methodology describes how we work with healthcare teams, people and families through research and improvement projects and interprofessional training, to co-produce a Bridges self-management support package suited to the... Read more
11th November 2016
Imagine that you have spent months in hospital following numerous plastic surgeries. One Friday morning the surgeon comes to your bedside and says that you are fit to return home. ... Read moreCopyright 2026. All Rights Reserved