Drug and Alcohol HIT News
Bristol Health Partners membership and funding in 2017-18 – an update from David Relph
We have been working to confirm the scope and shape of the partnership as we…
HITs bring nearly £4m in funding to the region in last nine months
Health Integration Teams (HITs) have brought £3,988,121 of funding to the region since July 2016.…
Researchers find people who inject drugs would be willing to switch to safer equipment
People who inject drugs support the use of new, safer ‘low dead space’ syringes, NIHR-funded…
Healthwatch Bristol publishes guide for public involvement in mental health services
Healthwatch Bristol has published a guide for patients and the public, to help them find…
Health Integration Teams projects being taken forward by CLAHRC West
Six projects relating to the work of Bristol Health Partners Health Integration Teams (HITs) are…
Health Integration Team model evaluation paper published
The results of NIHR CLAHRC West's preliminary evaluation of the ‘Health Integration Team’ model have…
Our 2015-16 annual review is out now
Our 2015-16 annual review was launched at our annual Health Integration Team (HIT) conference on…
Could hepatitis C treatments help prevent virus transmission?
An international team of researchers has shed light on the potential impact of new drugs…
Study finds low dead space syringes are acceptable to users
The NIHR CLAHRC West project, in collaboration with the Addictions Health Integration Team, examining whether…
Resilience programme at UWE Bristol helps students to develop ‘mental wealth’
An emotional resilience (ER) programme launched recently at the University of the West of England…
Methadone increases death risk in first four weeks of treatment for opioid dependence
Patients who start treatment for dependence on opioids are five times as likely to die…
