Social Impact

The Bridges programme is an innovative and successful model of integrated self-management support which includes:

  • co-designed books - written by service users, for service users
  • training across the acute, community and social care workforce
  • change management consultancy services
  • monitoring and evaluation expertise

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We believe there are two main areas of impact :

1A workforce equipped to support self-management and integrate shared decision making into their practice. Staff at all levels are empowered to work differently, they feel confident to support people with long-term conditions, leading to a potential reduction in healthcare utilisation.

2The Bridges approach offers books which have been co-designed with service users for service users - our self-management support is created with input from a wide range of individuals  - we keep their wide range of needs front of mind.

We have delivered self-management training since 2008 - reaching more than 500 teams in health and social care, training over 5,000 practitioners who have gone on to use Bridges with more than 375,000 people with stroke, brain injury and other acute and long term conditions.

We have carried out more than 40 different research and service improvement projects since 2008, our work is widely published, we continue to present in many different health and social care conferences worldwide.

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  • Inspiring People to Live Well and Work Differently.

    As a team we share the same ethos and philosophy that drives our passion to create the best experience and environment for patients to live well. Bridges provide opportunities for both patients and professionals to work collaboratively to enhance self-management skills, knowledge and confidence.
    You can reach us by email admin@bridgesselfmanagement.org.uk