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Dr David Bridle: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
Academic
Dr David Bridle
Chief Medical Officer at ELFT
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press citations on 1 topic since 14 Sept 2026 · last quoted 1 Oct 2026
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Dr David Bridle: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Chief Medical Officer at ELFT
- Quoted on
- Mental health
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 1 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 14 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Dr David Bridle sits on mental health
Ranked 38= of 100 voices quoted in the press on mental health, level with 62 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Professor Peter FonagyAcademicProfessor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science; Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (UCL)22 - 2
Dr Sarah HughesSector leaderChief Executive, Mind (The National Association for Mental Health)10 - 3=Dr Sam JonesClinicianOfficer for Mental Health, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)7
- 38=Jason NagataAcademicassociate professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco2
- 38=Laura CozensSector leaderhead of patient safety at LIO2
- 38=Dr David BridleAcademicChief Medical Officer at ELFT2
- 38=Dr Mark BuchananAcademicRoyal College of Emergency Medicine2
- 38=Nichola CrustSector leaderSenior safety investigator at HSSIB2
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 38=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Dr David Bridle has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.co.uk2
Where Dr David Bridle has been quoted
- 01Coroner warns of risk of future deaths at mental health unit where patient was killedbbc.co.uk · 1 Oct 2026
- 02Staff slept while patient killed at NHS mental health unitbbc.co.uk · 14 Sept 2026
Verbatim
“We will ensure the learning from the coroner's findings informs our continuing work to strengthen patient safety and care”
“The actions of the staff identified by the coroner were 'wholly unacceptable and do not reflect the standards, values or be[haviour we expect]'”
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