NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre: £21 million research partnership launches
A £21 million National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) in Bristol…
International award for students building a healthier, more sustainable Bristol
The value of 8,000 Bristol students working with 250 city partners on sustainability engagement has…
Bristol academic awarded the Kieran Sweeney Prize
Dr Trevor Thompson, GP and Head of Teaching at the Centre for Academic Primary Care,…
Children with autism find understanding facial expressions difficult but make similar mistakes as peers - new study finds
Young people with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) have difficulties recognising and distinguishing between different facial…
Be ManKind campaign launches to promote male mental-wellbeing
A hard hitting campaign, Be ManKind, launched this week to address the stigma surrounding male…
Latest courses from NIHR CLAHRC West
NIHR CLAHRC West runs free courses for people working in the health and social care…
Bristol Health Partners membership and funding in 2017-18 – an update from David Relph
We have been working to confirm the scope and shape of the partnership as we…
Therapies that target dementia in early stages critical to success
Targeting dementia in the earlier stages of the condition could be critical for the success…
MOVE HIT's Mel Falk elected to Association for Chartered Physiotherapists on Neurology board
Neuro-physiotherapist Melanie Falk has been elected to the board of the Association for Chartered Physiotherapists…
Two Health Integration Teams responsible for £340,000 savings annually
Two Health Integration Teams (HITs), Bristol Bones and Joints and STITCH, are responsible for £340,000…
HITs bring nearly £4m in funding to the region in last nine months
Health Integration Teams (HITs) have brought £3,988,121 of funding to the region since July 2016.…
No ‘weekend admission effect’ for the elderly sustaining broken hips in the NHS
New research has found NHS patients admitted to hospital at the weekend with a hip…
