Move to longer visiting hours for Bristol city centre hospitals

  • 16th January 2017
From Monday 16 January, in response to feedback from patients and their families, visiting hours…

Patients with long term conditions overestimate life expectancy

  • 11th January 2017
A review of studies examining perceived life expectancy among people with long term health conditions…

Bristolians get Sugar Smart

  • 11th January 2017
Bristol City Council has teamed up with the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation and other local…

STITCH HIT's work highlighted in National Suicide Prevention Strategy progress report

  • 10th January 2017
The work of the Improving Care in Self-Harm Health Integration Team (STITCH HIT) has been…

The economics of grief

  • 10th January 2017
The loss of a child can cause intense grief for parents and for many, life…

North Bristol Trust launches draft research strategy

  • 5th January 2017
North Bristol Trust have launched their draft research strategy, and they want to hear your…

Healthwatch Bristol: substance misuse services recommissioning

  • 5th January 2017
​Healthwatch Bristol focuses on specific topics every quarter. In the first three months of 2017…

Job clubs could help reduce depression in people who lose their job, study finds

  • 4th January 2017
Job clubs seem to be effective in reducing depression in people who lose their jobs,…

Professor Gene Feder awarded an OBE in New Year Honours

  • 31st December 2016
Professor Gene Feder has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List…

Just what the doctor ordered: Study praises new approach to GP visits

  • 22nd December 2016
A cultural shift in how patients access care through their GPs is one step closer…

Further evidence found for causal links between cannabis and schizophrenia

  • 19th December 2016
People who have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia are more likely to try cannabis,…

Interested in how genomic medicine can be mainstreamed?

  • 16th December 2016
The West of England Genomic Medicine Centre (GMC) needs your feedback to ensure that the…