Adversity and Trauma HIT News

Improving access to healthcare for and with people with multiple disadvantage

  • 4th April 2024
General practice teams changed their services to better include patients with severe and multiple disadvantage…

‘Loneliness loop’ risks trapping young people in repeating cycle of abuse, UK study of intimate partner violence and abuse finds

  • 1st February 2024
A detailed study of intimate partner violence and abuse (IPVA) among young people in…

IRIS+ programme extends the health care response to domestic abuse

  • 26th January 2024
Expanding the IRIS (Identification and Referral to Improve Safety) domestic abuse programme to include…

Reflections of a Bristol Health Partners public contributor

  • 15th July 2023
I strongly believe that the public and patients can offer a genuine contribution to improving…

Report reveals people with physical disabilities and health conditions are at much greater risk of homelessness

  • 10th May 2023
A new national report has exposed for the first time how people with a…

Adversity and Trauma HIT 2022-23

  • 1st April 2023
Embedding system-wide trauma informed practice Last year, the Adversity and Trauma HIT secured a commitment…

HITS collaborate on healthy weight and mental health workshop 

  • 16th February 2023
Colleagues from three Health Integration Teams (HITs) – Healthy Weight, Psychosis, and Adversity and Trauma…

New animation explains what trauma-informed healthcare is and the evidence for implementation in the UK

  • 9th February 2023
A new animation, co-produced by researchers at the University of Bristol, explains what a trauma-informed…

New study will explore how general practices can become trauma-informed

  • 18th January 2023
A new University of Bristol led study, TAP CARE GP, will investigate the gaps, enablers…

Childhood maltreatment linked with multiple mental health problems

  • 11th January 2023
Experiencing abuse or neglect as a child can cause multiple mental health problems, finds…

Bristol Health Partners explained in short film

  • 1st November 2022
Bristol Health Partners brings together universities, health and care services, and local authorities to improve…