Drug and Alcohol HIT News

Drug and Alcohol HIT Director wins research prize

  • 17th April 2019
Dr Kyla Thomas has been jointly awarded the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA)…

Low dead space materials launched at Bristol event

  • 31st January 2019
More than 70 people gathered to hear about a project to produce materials to promote…

New materials designed with people who inject drugs to promote the benefits of low dead space equipment

  • 3rd December 2018
New posters, a booklet and an animation, co-designed by service users from Bristol Drugs Project,…

Understanding the physical harm of taking more than one antipsychotic drug for schizophrenia

  • 3rd September 2018
Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that affects about one per cent of people. The…

Health Integration Teams attract nearly £4.7 million in 2017-18

  • 15th June 2018
Bristol Health Partners Health Integration Teams (HITs) have attracted nearly £4.7 million in funding to…

Olly Watson on the impact of our intern Megan Davies's work

  • 18th May 2018
Olly Watson, Senior Project Manager at Bristol Health Partners, on the impact of Megan Davies's…

Our intern Megan Davies on her time with Bristol Health Partners

  • 15th May 2018
Megan Davies, who has been working with Bristol Health Partners on an internship for the…

A year of successes for the Drug and Alcohol HIT

  • 24th April 2018
Kyla Thomas, Leonie Roberts, Katherine Williams and Tim Williams, Directors of the Drug and Alcohol…

Seminar on supporting service design and delivery showcases HIT achievements

  • 7th February 2018
Five Health Integration Teams (HITs) presented their work aimed at keeping people out of hospital…

Centralised care needs to be improved to ensure children with cleft lip and palate have best outcomes

  • 30th October 2017
Around 1,000 children are born with cleft lip and/or palate in the UK each year,…

Alcohol and pregnancy: is drinking up two units twice a week ‘safe’ or should pregnant women completely abstain?

  • 31st August 2017
The Department of Health released new guidelines on alcohol consumption during pregnancy in January 2016. They…