New materials designed with people who inject drugs to promote the benefits of low dead space equipment

  • 3rd December 2018
New posters, a booklet and an animation, co-designed by service users from Bristol Drugs Project,…

First UK estimates of children who could have conditions caused by drinking in pregnancy revealed

  • 30th November 2018
Up to 17 per cent of children could have symptoms consistent with fetal alcohol spectrum…

Healthwatch Bristol GP survey

  • 28th November 2018
Healthwatch Bristol​ is inviting members of the public to take part in a GP survey…

SHIP submits written evidence to Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into sexual health

  • 28th November 2018
The Sexual Health Improvement Programme (SHIP) Health Integration Team (HIT) has submitted written evidence to…

New psychological intervention proves ‘life-changing’ for women experiencing domestic abuse

  • 28th November 2018
Training domestic violence and abuse (DVA) advocates to deliver psychological support to women experiencing DVA…

Briefing – AI in health care: how do we get it right?

  • 27th November 2018
Today Bristol Health Partners publishes a briefing on ‘AI in health and care’. This is…

Psychotic experiences could be caused by trauma in childhood

  • 21st November 2018
Researchers at the University of Bristol have established greater evidence for a causal link between…

South West drivers urged to be ‘Bike Smart’ as those on two wheels account for more than a third of the deaths and serious injuries on the region’s roads

  • 19th November 2018
More than a third (36 per cent) of all deaths and serious injuries on roads…

Bristol’s medics support 20mph speed limits in Road Safety Week

  • 19th November 2018
Bristol’s medics, including doctors from the children’s hospital and the city’s emergency departments, are showing…

More adults are using complementary and alternative medicine in England but access is unequal, finds survey

  • 14th November 2018
Use of practitioner-led complementary and alternative medicine, such as acupuncture, massage, osteopathy and chiropractic treatment,…

Popular drug combination for treatment resistant depression is not more effective than a single antidepressant in primary care

  • 31st October 2018
A large clinical trial led by the University of Bristol and published in the British…

Incarceration is likely to increase HIV and HCV transmission among people who inject drugs, new study finds

  • 30th October 2018
New research led by the University of Bristol has found among people who inject drugs,…