Nominate a healthcare hero in the Bristol Health and Care Awards 2017
The Bristol Post are continuing their search for the city’s top heroes of healthcare. The…
First aid 'could help ease the pressure on A&E' according to research
New research commissioned by British Red Cross and led by Dr Julie Mytton at UWE…
Extending liaison psychiatry service at the Bristol Royal Infirmary improves care and reduces costs for self-harm patients
Extending the operating hours of the liaison psychiatry service at the Bristol Royal Infirmary’s (BRI)…
Steroids not effective for chest infections in adults who don’t have asthma or other chronic lung disease
Oral steroids should not be used for treating acute lower respiratory tract infection (or ‘chest…
Reflections on the HIT conference extreme networking session
Trish Harding and Olly Watson of Bristol Health Partners reflect on the networking session they…
Calling all dads…let’s talk
Talking about the highs, and understanding the lows, of being a dad is the theme…
Highly hazardous pesticides: policies should focus on bans, rather than secure storage, Lancet studies suggest
Global policies on access to highly hazardous pesticides – commonly ingested in acts of self-poisoning…
Alternatives to acute hospital admissions for older people are safe and reduce hospital use
Alternatives to acute hospital admissions for older people appear safe and could reduce use of…
Sexual health professionals should be supported to ask about domestic abuse
Sexual health professionals feel that it is appropriate and valuable to ask their patients about…
Ground-breaking foreign-language films about dementia launched by Bristol-based partnership
A Bristol-based partnership has launched an innovative series of short films in six different languages…
Research Capability Funding autumn 2017 call now open
Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative have announced their autumn call for Research Capability Funding (RCF)…
University of Bristol team to develop a new test to assist GP antibiotic prescribing
A research team at the University of Bristol, including researchers from ITHAcA HIT and NIHR…
