If you work in or with perinatal services in the South West & are passionate about reducing health inequalities, join our Regional Perinatal Equity Network. Our next event is Wednesday 14 January: https://www.healthinnowest.net/event/regional-perinatal-equity-network-11/ Please join us!

Check our new animation about #MarthasRule, helping explain and promote this vital #NHS #PatientSafety programme to both members of the public and healthcare professionals. Please help us to share! https://vimeo.com/1133093696?fl=pl&fe=sh

🎉 Celebrating what we've achieved in 2025! 🎉 🥳 See the top news stories of the year from our research themes 👇 📰 Read all our news of 2025 at www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/news/ #diet #PhysicalActivity #SurgicalInnovation #MentalHealth #DataScience #RespiratoryDisease

🎬 New films launched today! United for Health: a collaboration with South Asian community group Dhek Bhal and @bristoluni.bsky.social, highlighting why involving minoritised communities in research matters. Project funded by @hellobrigstow.bsky.social www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/united-for-h...

📢 In our latest newsletter: ➡️News and photos from our BIGGEST EVER conference ➡️How a pioneering local group is helping stroke survivors get back to work ➡️ England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer visits Bristol Read: mailchi.mp/bristolhealt... Subscribe: bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/newsletter/

📢Our latest #PrimaryCare research newsletter (Nov 25) is out now! 📰Packed with news about our latest research findings, blog posts & opinion pieces, events & recruiting studies. ▶️Read: tinyurl.com/32zhuzeu ✔️Subscribe: eepurl.com/dssOhD @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social

📢New website launch!🎉 Six months into our new chapter of funding, we’re thrilled to unveil our new digital home! Explore our refreshed look, designed to make accessing our latest projects, research & collaborative opportunities easier than ever. More➡️ tinyurl.com/bdfyyvf2 @nihr.bsky.social

📣Your voice matters in our research! Whether you're a patient, carer, young person, community member - we're looking for new members of our Public Advisory Group. You'll help shape our research. Register your interest: www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdviso...

❓ What has ARC West achieved since it formed 6 years ago? 👉 Follow #6YearsOfARCWest to find out… In the last 6 years, we have: 👨‍⚕️ Carried out 202 projects 📓 Published 596 papers 👉 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of... #ARCimpacts

“I was so excited to read #FASTMRI found #breastcancers smaller and earlier than mammograms. I wanted to bring it to Bristol” 9 years on Lyn Jones, the DYAMOND study lead, shares what it has taken to open the trial to patients. 👉 bit.ly/3KkSO1s

Webinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE). Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by PPIE experts. 📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw @nihrspcr.bsky.social

🌟Congratulations to the North Bristol NHS CLARITY PAD Trial team 🌟 🧑‍🦱50 patients recruited 🏥highest recruiting site 🎉¼ way to target CLARITY PAD is an NBT-led study to improve outcomes from treatment for blocked leg arteries @nihr.bsky.social @cardiffuni.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social

💈Today on the BBC: Barbers and hairdressers in Bristol are encouraging people to talk about sexually transmitted diseases. Keep up the great work Common Ambition Bristol🙌🏿 #Sexualhealthweek #SHW25 nihrarcs.bsky.social shipsexhealth.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🙌🏽More REACT classes coming to Bristol, North Somerset and South Glos! REACT is the evidence-based exercise programme which helps people to keep moving as they age. Thanks to @vivensa.bsky.social for funding this new @unibirmingham.bsky.social implementation study. bit.ly/3HqQcxQ

A whole year of impact summarised in 90 seconds? ✅ Thank you to everyone in our partnership and beyond who has helped us to achieve all this (and much more!) in 2024-25. For even more about the impact we're making to health and care locally, go to bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/impact

📰News!📰 New research shows worldwide scale of HCV among babies & children. “Given the availability of effective medicine & further progress in this field, it’s vital that testing & diagnosis rates improve so more people can be treated & cured.” ➡️ bit.ly/4oh4zFI #WorldHepatitisDay @nihr.bsky.social

BBC Points West - Dr Lyn Jones, FAST MRI DYAMOND breast cancer screening study lead explains how FAST MRI may help find ‘hard to spot’ cancers earlier ow.ly/BJxL50Ww3Gx #breastcancer #screening #FASTMRI #research

Are you passionate about improving patient outcomes through innovation? Do you have industry experience combined with NHS expertise? If so, you could be perfect for our new Senior Innovation Advisor role! Find out more at www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-... Closing date: Sunday 27 July 2025

"People who work in research don't look like me. I want to change that." Meet Connie, team member, clinical research nurse and @nihr.bsky.social Senior Research Leader. www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/constan... #nursing #inclusion #research @researchnbt.bsky.social

@NorthBristolNHS is leading a £2.5m study to improve outcomes of treatment for blocked leg arteries. Collaborating with @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social ‪@bristoluni.bsky.social‬ the @clarity-trial.bsky.social study will compare 3 blood-thinning tablets ow.ly/uYzp50W9ZPR Funded ‪@nihr.bsky.social‬

Taking part in research can be life-changing. Huge thanks to Fred & Francis for sharing their stories of how taking part in the NIHR-funded Game of Stones study helped them lose weight & improve their wellbeing. Read the blog: bit.ly/4mXdFqa #BePartOfResearch

This week is #WorldDiabetesWeek A huge thank you to all the people who take part in Diabetes Research. Pauline took part as a healthy volunteer. You can see her full story: ow.ly/HPOy50Q7nTv

We're recruiting! Do you have experience of developing strategic partnerships, working with marginalised communities, the charity & voluntary sector, local authorities and care providers? If so, check out our new role... www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-... #nhsjobs #hiring #bristoljobs

Would you know what to do or say if someone you know is, or may be, experiencing domestic abuse? A new 'Friends and Family Handbook' written by @dralisongregory.bsky.social and published by @womensaid.bsky.social gives advice & support. Find out more: bit.ly/3ZdG6WV #DomesticAbuse #VAWG

Our @NorthBristolNHS Pharmacy Research Team has increased its commercial studies by 50% this year 👏 On #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay read how the team plays an essential role in the delivery of our clinical trials ow.ly/WvIr50VUYtX #ICTD2025

📣#SpeechandLanguageTherapists join us on 11 July in Taunton for the #RCSLT South West Hub relaunch event! 👩Connect with #SLT researchers, therapy assistants, students 🚀Talks, workshops, networking Sign up bit.ly/45geioo

🌟As part of our #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay celebrations we held a tea party for our Research STAR Award nominees, attended by Ingrid Barker 🌟 Thank you to all our amazing colleagues who support #research in addition to your day-to-day role. #ICTD2025

New article - *Preparing allied health professional students to work collaboratively with families of young children (0-8 years): A scoping review* tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @nihr.bsky.social @researchnbt.bsky.social @renalyons.bsky.social @clarecarrollslt.bsky.social

🚀Just launched! Our How-To Guide on how to use co-developed theatre for disseminating research on sensitive subjects. 🎭Download the guide www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/how-to-guide/ 📃Read @thebeetlebox.bsky.social's blog about how the guide came about www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/like-russian...

Thank you to all of our Research Nurses on #InternationalNursesDay You all do such amazing work every day to ensure as many patients as possible can take part in #research & you offer incredible support through their research journey #IND2025 #ClinicalResearch @nihr.bsky.social

Only a few days until #InternationalNursesDay on Monday 12 May! We’ll be sharing stories from our dedicated #research nurses about what they do day to day & how they feel they’re making a difference to patient care. Today, meet Rachel, a new researcher bit.ly/4j3RVq7 #IND2025