Our Health Integration Teams (HITs)
Bristol Health Partners is addressing the major public health imperatives and disease areas in the city through the integration of primary, secondary and tertiary care with community service provision, public health (including preventative strategies), education, training, innovation and research. This unified and focused approach will deliver healthier lives, earlier prevention of illness and disease, and better integration of healthcare across Bristol.
The Health Integration Team model is unique to Bristol Health Partners and brings together the right people from across our partnership, networks and beyond to tackle health priorities by working in new ways, harnessing the best research, innovation, care and education. Our HITs must evaluate, involve patients and the public and have a whole system approach.
Adversity and Trauma 
Active Lives 
Bladder and Bowel Confidence (BABCON) 
Bristol Bones and Joints 
Bristol Immunisation Group 
Chronic Pain 
Child Injury (CIPIC) 
Dementia 
Drug and Alcohol
Eating Disorders 
Healthy Weight 
Improving Perinatal Mental Health (IMPROVE) 
Psychological Therapies in Primary Care (InPsyTe) 
Kidney Disease 
Parkinson's and Other Movement Disorders 
Psychosis 
Healthy Neighbourhood Environments (SHINE) 
Sexual Health Improvement Programme (SHIP) 
Improving Care in Self-Harm (STITCH) 
Stroke Health Integration Team success stories
Bladder and bowel conditions are very common in the UK, affecting more than one in five people – and yet it is not a subject openly talked about. More common than hay fever, we know that symptoms can significantly affect everyday lives. The West of E...
Common Ambition Bristol has been nominated for the 2022 National Diversity Awards in the category Community Organisation Award for Race, Religion and Faith. The National Diversity Awards celebrate the achievements of grassroot communities who are tackl...
The Chronic Pain HIT held its Spring Webinar with an incredible list of speakers covering a wide range of topics and working happening within the network. Speakers included: Penny Gane - Chair, Bristol Women's Commission - 'Working in part...
Few UK online sexually transmitted infection test services meet national recommended standards, with independent sector providers the least likely to be compliant, finds research published online in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. The find...
Collaborative research with HealthWatch Bristol found that one in three people who use bladder and bowel services had been affected by changes to these services during COVID.In the UK, over 14 million people experience bladder control problems and 6.5 mil...
Gentrification exacerbates financial insecurity for economically vulnerable residents, leading to increased stress.For the attention of: Urban policymakers, public health leaders, community organizationsThe problemLong-term residents of gentrifying neighb...
Results from a major study into the effectiveness of a community-based group exercise programme designed for people aged 65 and over with mobility limitations shows that REACT prevents physical decline and is cost-effective to run. The team behind it, whi...
One in 50 people in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire live with the long-term effects of stroke. Chris Priestman, Stephen Hill and Claire Angell are three stroke survivors from Bristol Health Partners’ Stroke Health Integration Team (HI...
