Self-harm Matters HIT News

Health Integration Teams attract nearly £4.7 million in 2017-18

  • 15th June 2018
Bristol Health Partners Health Integration Teams (HITs) have attracted nearly £4.7 million in funding to…

The Bristol Self-Harm Surveillance Register: the first ‘real time’ register in the UK

  • 25th May 2018
Salena Williams, Senior Nurse in the Psychiatric Liaison team at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, writes…

STITCH team presents to Parliamentary self-harm and suicide prevention group

  • 19th April 2018
The Improving Care in Self-Harm Health Integration Team (STITCH HIT) presented their work to the…

Another great year for the Improving Care in Self-Harm HIT

  • 19th April 2018
Salena Williams and Sue Dursley, Co-Directors of the Improving Care in Self-Harm Health Integration Team…

Health Education England's Star Awards win for STITCH HIT

  • 8th March 2018
The Improving Care in Self-Harm Health Integration Team (also known as STITCH) has scooped the…

STITCH HIT shortlisted for Hearing the Patient Voice HEE award

  • 2nd February 2018
The Improving Care in Self-Harm Health Integration Team (also known as STITCH) has been shortlisted…

Suicide and self-harm prevention app launched in Bristol

  • 4th December 2017
A new app to help people who are considering self-harm or having suicidal thoughts launched…

Discontinuity of care puts older patients at risk of emergency hospital admission

  • 15th November 2017
Older patients who do not see the same GP over a period of time are…

Breastfed babies are less likely to have eczema as teenagers, study shows

  • 13th November 2017
Babies whose mothers had received support to breastfeed exclusively for a sustained period from birth…

The winners of the Bristol Health and Care Awards 2017

  • 31st October 2017
The city’s heroes of healthcare were recognised at a sparkling event hosted by the Bristol…

Extending liaison psychiatry service at the Bristol Royal Infirmary improves care and reduces costs for self-harm patients

  • 23rd August 2017
Extending the operating hours of the liaison psychiatry service at the Bristol Royal Infirmary’s (BRI)…