Our mission is to generate significant health gain and improvements in service delivery in the Bristol city region by integrating, promoting and developing the region's strengths in health services, research, innovation and education.
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Bristol Health Partners HIT Conference 2019 highlights
23 August 2019
Bristol Health Partners Health Integration Teams took the opportunity to network, share ideas and hear from key speakers from the local health and care system, at their annual Health Integration Team (HIT) conference on 26 June 2019.
Bristol Health Partners supports photographic celebration of active living
22 August 2019
Photographs showing that age is no barrier to active living are on free outdoor display on Bristol’s College Green in August, as part of a new drive to persuade older people to make bolder keep fit choices.
UH Bristol retains ‘Outstanding’ CQC rating
16 August 2019
UH Bristol has once again been rated Outstanding by the CQC. In 2017 it was the first trust in the country to go from Requires Improvement to Outstanding, and is now the first to do this and then retain this rating,...
Bristol Health Partners co-hosts advancing analytics and AI event
15 August 2019
On 9 July, analysts from across health, local authority and academic organisations joined Bristol Health Partners and Healthier Together at an event to explore how we can advance analytics locally.
Student-led hub for nutrition in medical education wins BBC Food and Farming Award
18 July 2019
A student-led organisation that aims to promote the need for greater nutrition and lifestyle medicine training within medical education has won a prestigious award at this year’s BBC Food and Farming Awards.
ED HIT welcomes MPs’ recommendations to improve NHS services for people with eating disorders
12 July 2019
Bristol Health Partners’ Eating Disorders Health Integration Team (ED HIT) has welcomed the findings of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) inquiry into NHS care for patients with eating disorders.
Programme to prevent cerebral palsy in pre-term babies wins HSJ Patient Safety Award
11 July 2019
The quality improvement programme Prevention of Cerebral Palsy in PreTerm Labour (PreCePT), led by clinicians at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and at the West of England Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), won a Health Service Jou...
Regional applied research collaboration CLAHRC West to become ARC West following £9m investment from NIHR
9 July 2019
Applied research collaboration NIHR CLAHRC West has been awarded £9 million from the Government’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to become the Applied Research Collaboration West (ARC West) from 1 October 2019.
Understanding the unintended consequences of healthcare apps
2 July 2019
Dr Andrew Turner discusses the move towards ‘digital first’ care, the possible unintended consequences of healthcare apps, and how the DECODE study aims to improve the adoption of a range of digital health tools in primary care.
Health Integration Teams (HITs)
Our Health Integration Teams (HITs) are cross-organisational and interdisciplinary groups. They are tackling major health priorities by working together in a new integrated way.
Active Older People (APPHLE) 
Early Years Health and Wellbeing (BoNEE) 
Bristol Bones and Joints 
Bristol Immunisation Group 
Chronic Kidney Disease 
Child Injury (CIPIC) 
Dementia 
Drug and Alcohol 
Eating Disorders 
Improving Perinatal Mental Health (IMPROVE) 
Psychological Therapies in Primary Care (InPsyTe) 
Integrated Pain Management 
Avoiding Hospital Admissions (ITHAcA) 
Parkinson's and Other Movement Disorders 
Psychosis 
Retinal Conditions (RENOIR) 
Respiratory Infections (RuBICoN) 
Healthy Neighbourhood Environments (SHINE) 
Sexual Health Improvement Programme (SHIP) 
Improving Care in Self-Harm (STITCH) 
Stroke Latest events
Innovating for Improvement conference
26 September 2019
The Innovating for Improvement conference, delivered in partnership with The Health Foundation, is aimed at healthcare innovators and improvement specialists, including members of the Q community.
Elizabeth Blackwell lecture: Professor Dame Carol Black
21 October 2019
Professor Dame Carol Black is the Elizabeth Blackwell Annual Public Lecture speaker for 2019. In this year's lecture she will talk about her influential campaigns on mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Bristol and Bath Health and Care Awards 2019
23 October 2019
The Bristol Post and Bath Chronicle Health and Care Awards are back, to shine a light on even more healthcare heroes across the two cities.
Residential research retreat
26 November 2019
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Design Service is offering a unique opportunity for health and social care professionals across the South West to attend a three-day residential research retreat.
Bristol Health Partners
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23 August
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23 August
RT @alexrotas: A friend’s granddaughter saw my #NoLimits expo & said: “the photos show you don’t need to grow old like an old person. I wan…
23 August
RT @LifeCycleUKteam: Are you aged 50+, want to get cycling – but don’t know where to start? Our programme exclusively for Over-50s can help…
22 August
RT @HPRU_EI: Giving #flu #vaccine to #children in schools results in greater vaccine uptake, with less variation between sites & by age com…
22 August
In today's @Guardian: Older adults can boost longevity 'with just a little exercise'. 👍 Echoed in our 'No Limits' e… https://t.co/nSlXkfQm0i
Our research
Bristol's health research is internationally recognised, with particular strengths in population health, neuroscience, infection and immunity and cardiovascular medicine.
From saving hundreds of thousands of babies' lives through groundbreaking research into cot death, to developing cutting edge technologies through the Bristol Robotics Laboratory and SPHERE, Bristol's health research makes huge differences to people's lives.
Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research
The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research (EBI), co-funded by the Wellcome Trust and the University of Bristol, brings together leading researchers from disparate fields to collaborate on solutions to the most pressing health problems of the 2...
University of Bristol
Bristol Robotics Laboratory
BRL is a unique collaboration that harnesses the strengths of its university partners, and brings together the best expertise from industry and the academic community to spearhead Britain’s efforts to be a world leader in modern advanced robotics.
University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), University of Bristol
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
ALSPAC, or Children of the 90s, has been charting the health of 14,500 families in the Bristol area since the early 1990s in order to improve the health of future generations. ALSPAC is a world-leading birth cohort study.
University of Bristol
WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments
The WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments at the University of the West of England promotes healthy and sustainable settlements through research, teaching, consultancy, knowledge exchange and publications.
University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)
Centre for Research in Biosciences
The Centre for Research in Biosciences at the University of the West of England brings together world class researchers working in the fields of biomedicine, bio-sensing technology, agri-food plant and environmental science.
University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)
Vesalius Clinical Training Centre
A unique, world class facility at the University of Bristol for practically-based understanding of anatomy for clinical practice, providing the highest standards of training and development for healthcare professionals.
University of Bristol
Centre for Appearance Research
UWE's Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) strives to make a real difference to the lives of the many hundreds of thousands of people with appearance-related concerns both in the UK and across the world.
University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)
Cancer research at University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is working with Cancer Research UK on a number of projects, including a five year programme to reduce the burden of cancer, and the colorectal tumour biology group which looks at cell survival mechanisms and chemoprevention.
University of Bristol
Helping people with rheumatoid arthritis manage their fatigue
Research at UWE has led to a process of measuring fatigue in people with rheumatoid arthritis which has been adopted internationally in clinical trials, and informed interventions that have improved quality of life for people with rheumatoid arthritis.
University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)
Cardiovascular science
Cardiovascular science in Bristol comprises more than 230 researchers and clinicians from across the University of Bristol and NHS trusts, working to translate basic scientific research into novel clinical practice, improving patient outcome and care.
University of Bristol, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West
NIHR CLAHRC West works with its partner organisations, including the NHS, local authorities and universities, to conduct applied health research and implement research evidence, to improve health and healthcare across the West.
University of Bristol, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol's research in 2014-15
In 2014-15, both universities performed strongly in health subjects in the Research Excellence Framework. The NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West and a new synthetic biology research centre, BrisSynBio, launched.
Cot deaths: saving more than 100,000 young lives worldwide
Cot deaths in the UK have fallen by 80 per cent following groundbreaking research by Peter Fleming, Professor of Infant Health and Developmental Physiology and his team at the University of Bristol.
University of Bristol
