University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) chief executive, Robert Woolley, has today announced plans to retire next year after a long and distinguished career in the NHS spanning more than 30 years. Robert was appointed chief...
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...
The Chronic Pain Health Integration Team (HIT) organised a Research Webinar in July 2021. Watch the presentations...
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...
19 October
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19 October
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19 October
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19 October
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19 October
RT @CHCR_UWE: Fantastic talks this afternoon from #CHCR members @laurakgoodwin @FrankandErrol @Hannah__Stott at the #REACHResearch21 inaugr…
