by Nicolette | Oct 5, 2025 | About Bridge, Partnership Working
If you work in mental health, you’ll know the pressure is relentless. More people are asking for help, services are stretched to their limits, and the need isn’t going away. For those of us in this sector, this is familiar territory. We step in where others can’t, we... 
by Nicolette | Sep 30, 2025 | Info for Commissioners, Partnership Working
Integrated Care Systems (ICS) were designed to bring together health care, social care, and community services so that people receive joined-up and person-centred support. We are often the ones working with people who fall through the cracks, who don’t fit neatly into... 
by Nicolette | Aug 31, 2025 | Info for Commissioners, Partnership Working
For decades, the way mental health services are funded and delivered has been shaped by a familiar model; usually, commissioners design the service and providers deliver it. It’s a transactional relationship with specifications written, contracts signed, and outcomes... 
by Raymond Sheehy | Aug 29, 2025 | Info for Commissioners, Partnership Working
Across the country, NHS mental health services are under pressure. Hospital beds are scarce, community provision is patchy, and the system doesn’t always reach the people who need it most. That’s where Bridge Support comes in. For over a decade, we’ve worked closely... 
by Debbie Towersey | Jul 31, 2025 | Partnership Working
In social care, the needs are urgent, complex, and growing. No single organisation can meet them all, and certainly not on its own. Yet too often, we are asked to operate in a competitive landscape. To bid against each other for funding. To guard our knowledge. ... 
by Raymond Sheehy | May 6, 2024 | Info for Commissioners, Partnership Working
Recovery colleges represent a ground breaking approach to mental health rehabilitation, offering educational courses designed for people on their recovery journey from mental health issues. The National Health Service (NHS) mental health commissioners are increasingly...