Newbridge House is regularly noted for high nurse staffing levels which are well above the minimum levels. The core service always operates at a ratio of at least one member of staff for every two patients at all times during the day. The core service involves providing support to young people during meal times and […]
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Newbridge House has established a £1,000 student nurse bursary in memory of Glen Jones, one of the service’s directors, who died in 2013. The bursary has been launched to promote training and development, offering opportunities for mental health nursing students and forging links with universities. Mr Jones was part of the original team which founded […]
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Eating disorders among men and boys was the focus of a wide-ranging and fascinating study day with Professor J Morgan on June 27. Prof Morgan came to Newbridge House for the third event in the Master Class series, established to bring together eating disorders practitioners from different services for high quality training. The day began […]
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Specialists at Newbridge House have adapted the internationally recognised LEAP programme for younger patients. LEAP (Loughborough Eating disorders Activity therapy) is a well-regarded adult treatment to address excessive activity and over-exercise as components of anorexia. It was originally developed by Loughborough University’s Lorin Taranis and Dr Caroline Meyer. A clear need for support “We could […]
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Newbridge assistant psychologist Cat Houlihan has gained a place on the highly sought after Oxford Doctoral course of Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford. Medical director Professor Hubert Lacey commented: “This is a real coup for Newbridge – to have one of our Assistant Psychologists accepted on such an excellent and exclusive course. “Competition […]
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Newbridge House is collaborating with St George’s Hospital in a study to evaluate a body image programme. The research will help to establish how feasible and accepted the programme, called “Teen BodyWise”, is for young people. Teen BodyWise is a low intensity, psycho-educational group about body image designed for an early stage after admission. The […]
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The latest peer review of Newbridge House has praised the quality of facilities, strong multi-disciplinary teams, the rich treatment programme and support provided for parents. The report which follows a visit by QNIC (Quality Network for Inpatient CAMHS) in April 2014, states: “Newbridge House is scoring well against QNIC standards and received good feedback from […]
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The next event in the well-received Newbridge House Master Class series will be a day focused on eating disorders in boys and men. The speaker at the event, which takes place on Friday, June 27, will be Professor John F Morgan, who has played a leading role in highlighting and researching male eating disorders. Prof […]
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Acknowledged UK authority on eating disorders among men and boys, Professor John F Morgan, will lead our next Master Class study day, taking place on June 27th, 2014. Professor Morgan is the author of The Invisible Man: A Self-help Guide for Men With Eating Disorders, Compulsive Exercise and Bigorexia. Professor Morgan co-chairs a national Eating […]
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Nurses and therapists from throughout the UK joined Newbridge practitioners for a day of training led by acknowledged experts within the field. The very successful event on April 11, attended by 40 participants, was the second in the Newbridge House Master Class Series, a rolling programme of training days delivered by national and international experts. […]
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