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Bristol Health Partners conference puts lived experience at heart of health research

14 October 2021

Bristol Health Partners held its annual Conference on Tuesday 12 October 2021. Like last year, the event was held online due to the ongoing pandemic, with more than 110 academics, clinicians, commissioners and others from organisations across Bristol, Sou...

Allergies including asthma and hay fever not linked to mental health traits

6 October 2021

Allergic diseases such as asthma, atopic dermatitis and hay fever do not cause the onset of mental health conditions or vice versa, according to the findings of a new University of Bristol-led study published today (6 October) in the journal Clinical and...

Statue of Henrietta Lacks unveiled at University of Bristol

4 October 2021

A life-size bronze statue of Henrietta Lacks, a Black American woman whose cells were the first ever to survive and multiply outside the body, and whose use changed the course of modern medicine, has been unveiled at the University of Bristol by members o...

It is safe for people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza at the same time, study shows

1 October 2021

Research has found that it is safe for people to receive a flu vaccine at the same time as a COVID-19 vaccine. Reported side effects were mainly mild to moderate, and there were no negative impacts on the immune response produced by either vaccine when bo...

Resources launched for GPs to support people who self-harm

30 September 2021

Supporting adults who self-harm or experience suicidal thoughts could now be easier for GPs, thanks to work by Bristol Health Partners’ Improving Care in Self-harm Health Integration Team (STITCH HIT). STITCH HIT has created new resources on REMEDY for...

Tobacco and alcohol may increase likelihood of using illegal drugs, new study shows

30 September 2021

The use of legal drugs (tobacco and alcohol) may lead to the use of cannabis, a new study led by the University of Bristol and published in the journal Addiction has found. The study also found evidence that cannabis use may lead to smoking initiation, an...

Bristol Health Partners works with hospital charities on new programme of support to benefit thousands in the community

23 September 2021

Bristol Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) has joined forces with Bristol’s hospital charities on an innovative programme of support to benefit thousands in the community. Above & Beyond, Southmead Hospital Charity and...

Bristol Somali Youth Voice hosts community sports event in Lockleaze

16 September 2021

Bristol Somali Youth Voice organised a Community at Sport 2021 event at Lockleaze Sports Centre on Sunday 29 August, which brought young people and community members from different areas of Bristol and backgrounds, to play football and socialise. As a...

Introducing Hard Evidence: a performance piece about survivors of domestic abuse and public involvement in research

16 September 2021

Hard Evidence, a new production developed in collaboration with Acta Theatre, shines light on how getting involved with research empowered women who have experienced domestic abuse to support others in a similar situation.Written over Zoom in the early mo...

Data sharing project to protect vulnerable children set to benefit from nearly £1m investment

15 September 2021

A successful Bristol City Council project using data and analytics to understand risk and vulnerability of children and families across the city is to be expanded across Avon and Somerset. Nearly £1m of Government funding has been allocated over the next...

New animation aims to help people with eating disorders safely navigate social media

14 September 2021

Researchers from Loughborough University, UWE Bristol and Bristol Health Partners' Eating Disorders Health Integration Team (HIT) have teamed up with UK charity Beat to create an animated video that explores how social media affects people with an eating...

Clean air comics and hedgehog houses: how SHINE HIT and KWMC are connecting Bristol kids with their local environment

9 September 2021

Two Healthy Neighbourhood Environments (SHINE) Health Integration Team (HIT) projects to engage Bristol schoolchildren in improving where they live are underway, with help from Knowle West Media Centre. Clean air comic Air pollution is the biggest e...

Co-creating communications with patient and public groups

7 September 2021

Taking a ‘less is more’ approach and not overwhelming audiences with too much information is the most effective approach to developing patient and public involvement (PPI) recruitment materials, according to public contributors.Involving patient and p...

New option for how people with COVID-19 are cared for on NHS wards

30 August 2021

A new protocol for prone positioning — a technique commonly used to treat COVID-19 patients in respiratory distress by turning them on to their front to increase oxygen flow to the lungs, is published in the Journal of Frailty and Aging. Researchers fro...

National first as relationship between Academic Health Science Centre and local Integrated Care System is confirmed

27 August 2021

Bristol Health Partners is the first Academic Health Science Centre (ASHC) in England to develop a fully integrated relationship with the Healthier Together Integrated Care System (ICS) for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG), a deci...

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