Healthy Weight HIT News

NHS policies on patient's weight and access to hip replacement surgery are inappropriate, study finds

  • 13th June 2023
Weight and body mass index (BMI) policies introduced by NHS commissioning groups in England are…

Study shows children’s inactivity remains an issue in wake of pandemic

  • 27th April 2023
New research has revealed children’s physical activity in the UK has largely returned to…

Healthy Weight HIT 2022-23

  • 1st April 2023
Reducing inequalities in weight management pathways and practice People who suffer from poor mental health…

New public contributors join our Board and Research & Innovation Steering Group

  • 23rd March 2023
Bristol Health Partners has strengthened its representation of ‘experts by experience’ at leadership level to…

HITS collaborate on healthy weight and mental health workshop 

  • 16th February 2023
Colleagues from three Health Integration Teams (HITs) – Healthy Weight, Psychosis, and Adversity and Trauma…

Healthy Weight HIT welcomes new co-director

  • 9th February 2023
Dr Ruth Mears has been appointed as a new co-director for Bristol Health Partners’…

Maria Kane: Bristol Health Partners and us

  • 10th January 2023
Like many leaders in healthcare, I wear multiple hats. Not only am I Chief Executive…

Significant gaps and inequalities in the provision of specialist child weight management services in England, study finds

  • 30th November 2022
Over three quarters of acute NHS trusts in England (77%) do not have a…

Bristol Health Partners explained in short film

  • 1st November 2022
Bristol Health Partners brings together universities, health and care services, and local authorities to improve…

See photos from Bristol Health Partners 2022 conference

  • 6th October 2022
Bristol Health Partners conference took place on 4 October 2022. Click on a photo to…

Bristol Health Partners 10th anniversary conference gets delegates moving 

  • 6th October 2022
Bristol Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre welcomed more than 100 delegates to our…