Active Lives HIT News

HIT events stir debate at Healthy City Week 2017

  • 8th November 2017
Creating a Bristol that works for people of all ages and abilities was at the…

An additional 20 minutes commuting each day lowers job satisfaction equivalent to a 19 per cent pay cut

  • 23rd October 2017
An additional 20 minutes of commuting each working day is equivalent to a 19% annual…

How can we solve Bristol’s trickiest health and sustainability problems?

  • 2nd October 2017
Zoe Trinder-Widdess, Bristol Health Partners Communications Manager, on some of the Health Integration Team highlights…

South Gloucestershire diabetes prevention pilot project poster win

  • 7th July 2017
A poster showcasing the Active Older People (APPHLE) Health Integration Team (HIT) project evaluating the…

Life expectancy for people with HIV has increased by 10 years in the US and Europe since introduction of antiretroviral therapy

  • 10th May 2017
Life expectancy of 20-year-olds starting treatment for HIV has increased by around a decade in…

Active Older People HIT's achievements in 2016-7

  • 8th May 2017
Professor Selena Gray and Dr Afroditi Stathi, Directors of the Active Older People Health Integration…

HITs bring nearly £4m in funding to the region in last nine months

  • 27th March 2017
Health Integration Teams (HITs) have brought £3,988,121 of funding to the region since July 2016.…

Stem cell therapy could help mend the youngest of broken hearts

  • 21st March 2017
Researchers have shown stem cells from the umbilical cord may hold the key to a…

University launches new specialist research institutes

  • 20th March 2017
The University of Bristol has launched seven new research institutes reflecting the University’s strength and…

Bristol Health Partners and Health Integration Teams' contribution to Healthy City Week

  • 14th September 2016
This year's Healthy City Week Bristol (15-22 October) will see a strong contribution from Bristol…

Challenging the HITs to collaborate in new ways with Bristol Health Partnerology

  • 13th July 2016
At the annual Health Integration Team (HIT) conference this year, HITs were challenged to find…