Healthy Weight HIT News

Type 2 diabetes remission diet impacts on metabolic health

  • 26th October 2023
People with type 2 diabetes who took part in a diet-assisted weight loss trial,…

Few eligible patients get access to publicly funded weight management programmes in England

  • 28th September 2023
Of the more than 1.8 million adults in England with a recorded diagnosis of being…

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…