Bristol Health Partners’ Drug and Alcohol Health Integration Team (HIT) brought together people from across the UK who share an interest in improving opioid substitution treatment (OST) for a workshop on 7 July. Among the attendees were people with liv...
Bristol’s first dementia friendly allotment launched on 23 July, at an event attended by Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees, alongside older people, their carers, families, and the volunteers who had turned the idea into reality. The space at Charlton Road al...
The Chronic Pain Health Integration Team (HIT) is pleased to share a peer-reviewed article and resources from NIHR ARC West and North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) aimed at facilitating ongoing peer support for people who attend pain management programmes.A new...
The Sexual Health Improvement Programme (SHIP) Health Integration Team would like to welcome Professor Jeremy Horwood to its Directors’ team. Jeremy replaces Dr Katy Turner, who left the University of Bristol in June 2021. After several years as a SH...
The Drug and Alcohol HIT network met virtually on 30 June 2021. Chair Dr Julian Walker, Director of Research & Development at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, welcomed speakers with lived experience, alongside researchers and pra...
A new app developed by Bristol Health Partners’ Bladder and Bowel Confidence Health Integration Team (BABCON HIT), which signposts people to find help with continence issues, has been shortlisted for a 2021 Nursing Times Award. The free CONfidence app...
The clinical definition of long COVID in children is at present very limited and poorly understood by doctors, according to a new report published today [21 July]. The report also found that symptoms typically associated with long COVID were having a sign...
Co-directors Emma Dures and Sanchit Mehendale recap Bristol Bones and Joints HIT highlights from 2020 -21. This year, we have created new self-management support resources that patients can access via the rheumatology pages of the North Bristol NHS Tru...
Professor Adam Finn, Dr Marion Roderick and Dr Julie Yates, Directors of the Bristol Immunisation Group (BIG) HIT, share an update on the team’s achievements in the last year. Over the past year BIG HIT members have been extensively involved in the wor...
Directors Dr Helen Malson and Dr Sanni Norweg reflect on the work achieved by Eating Disorders HIT over the past year. This year has been a challenging time due to Covid-19, but we have adapted to new ways of working together and engaging with our collab...
4 August
RT @ARC_West: New ARC BITE What causes delays in discharging frail older patients from hospital? Plain language summary of our project to f…
3 August
Great to hear stroke survivor and @strokehit Public Involvement Lead Stephen Hill on @bbcrb Sunday, talking about h… https://t.co/5dhXZcTvN1
3 August
RT @HTBNSSG: Our final stroke services drop-in session will take place in South Gloucestershire on Wednesday at the St Michaels Centre. Yo…
3 August
RT @ARC_West: Before #NIHRARCs, there were CLAHRCs. This NEW national document showcases highlights from all 13 CLAHRCs from 2014-19. Ou…
30 July
Are you from an African or Caribbean heritage background in #Bristol? Would you like to have your say on improving… https://t.co/qnlCnb9ZFT
