Drug and Alcohol HIT News

Methadone increases death risk in first four weeks of treatment for opioid dependence

  • 16th September 2015
Patients who start treatment for dependence on opioids are five times as likely to die…

New Anchor Robotics facility opens to develop robots that help elderly to live independently

  • 9th September 2015
Bristol Robotics Laboratory's new Anchor Robotics Personalised Assisted Living (ARPAL) facility enables robotics researchers, elderly…

Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research

  • 16th August 2015
The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research (EBI), co-funded by the Wellcome Trust…

Vesalius Clinical Training Centre

  • 15th August 2015
A unique, world class facility at the University of Bristol for practically-based understanding of anatomy…

NHS innovation challenge prizes

  • 20th July 2015
More than £150,000 will be awarded to new ideas to address England's biggest healthcare challenges…

Addictions HIT review of 2014-15

  • 27th May 2015
Professor Matt Hickman, Barbara Coleman and Dr Tim Williams, Directors of the Addictions Health Integration…

Active Older People HIT review of 2014-15

  • 26th May 2015
Professor Selena Gray and Dr Afroditi Stathi, Directors of the Active Older People Health Integration…

Giving blood transfusions after cardiac surgery

  • 11th March 2015
New research led by the University of Bristol has shown that patients having heart surgery…

Bristol's Traffic Choices tool adopted by others

  • 12th February 2015
Bristol City Council's Traffic Choices website helps people living in local neighbourhoods make informed decisions…

NIHR CLAHRC West research projects announced

  • 29th January 2015
The National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care…

UWE graduate helps in the fight against Ebola

  • 13th January 2015
Inspirational UWE Bristol microbiology graduate Laura Holding has recently returned from West Africa working with…