Children with autism find understanding facial expressions difficult but make similar mistakes as peers - new study finds
Young people with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) have difficulties recognising and distinguishing between different facial…
Be ManKind campaign launches to promote male mental-wellbeing
A hard hitting campaign, Be ManKind, launched this week to address the stigma surrounding male…
Latest courses from NIHR CLAHRC West
NIHR CLAHRC West runs free courses for people working in the health and social care…
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…
Therapies that target dementia in early stages critical to success
Targeting dementia in the earlier stages of the condition could be critical for the success…
MOVE HIT's Mel Falk elected to Association for Chartered Physiotherapists on Neurology board
Neuro-physiotherapist Melanie Falk has been elected to the board of the Association for Chartered Physiotherapists…
Two Health Integration Teams responsible for £340,000 savings annually
Two Health Integration Teams (HITs), Bristol Bones and Joints and STITCH, are responsible for £340,000…
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.…
No ‘weekend admission effect’ for the elderly sustaining broken hips in the NHS
New research has found NHS patients admitted to hospital at the weekend with a hip…
Evaluation Online Network launches for anyone with an interest in evaluation
A new Evaluation Online Network, open to anyone in the West of England and beyond,…
Young researchers present their work to senior academics
Fifteen students from Redland Green School's post 16 centre presented their research findings to a…
Major breakthrough in the manufacture of red blood cells
Researchers have generated the first immortalised cell lines which allow more efficient manufacture of red…
