🧠 Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works. New research by @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & colleagues published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 📰Read the news: tinyurl.com/y5kmv6jj #MentalHealth #CBT #Depression #HealthLiteracy @nihrspcr.bsky.social

📰News!📰Local pharmacies have a key role to play in stopping the spread of #HIV. A new briefing from @policybristol.bsky.social says they should help raise awareness & offer access to PrEP—a daily pill that protects against HIV. More➡️ bit.ly/4pvrhdI @jhorwood.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social

📢 In our latest newsletter, out today: ➡️ Explore our partnership's impact in the last year ➡️ Catch Common Ambition Bristol on the BBC ➡️ Find out about research into helping older people stay active Read: mailchi.mp/bristolhealt... Subscribe: www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/newsletter/

💈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...

“Looking after your sexual health is really important.” Great to hear Matt from Common Ambition Bristol on BBC Bristol Breakfast Show today, talking #HIV awareness, testing and treatment for #SexualHealthWeek #SHW25 If you missed it, you can listen again from 7.23. t.co/hLVf6G8kYt

🎨Join our webinar 'Building ideas: Using creative and inclusive techniques in research' on 6 Nov 🖍️Discover how creative methods, from LEGO to drawing, can transform research. 🤓Researchers will share practical examples, insights and ethical reflections www.eventbrite.com/e/1691048394...

🙌🏽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

📢 The Bristol Health Partners 2024/25 Impact Review is now live! This review highlights the collaborative work making real impact across the region 🌉 It's so great to see UWE Bristol’s contributions featured alongside so many partners working to improve health and wellbeing in the West of England.

If you only read one thing in our Impact Review this year, make it this! ⬇️ Thank you to our public contributors Carl and Chrissy for reflecting so honestly on the power of bringing lived experience into academic spaces. #PPI #mentalhealth www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/about/impact...

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

Huge congratulations to Subitha on becoming an Honorary Doctor of Science today @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social 🎓🎉 Find out about her incredible contribution to Bristol Health Partners spanning more than a decade. www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/honorar...

Congratulations to everyone graduating in the next two weeks @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social @chcr-uwe.bsky.social, including our brilliant collaborator Subitha 🙌🏿🎓 www.uwe.ac.uk/news/summer-...

"If you don’t know where to start, go on a walk... it's great fun and you will feel much better afterwards.” Sophia from Bristol Steppin' Sistas gets behind #EveryMoveMatters 🚶🏽‍♀️ @bnssgresearch.bsky.social www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/every-m...

We’re supporting the South West #EveryMoveMatters campaign. Showing how moving just a little each day can build a stronger, healthier future.🚶🏾‍♀️🚴🏼💃🏿 @bnssgresearch.bsky.social www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/nhs-and...

1/3 - General practice has a vital role to play in the societal response to violence against women & girls, says Prof Gene Feder & colleagues in a new @bjgp.bsky.social editorial. bjgp.org/content/75/7... #GPSky #MedSky #VAWG #PrimaryCare @nihrspcr.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social

New study will assess the use of live video consultations during 999 calls to aid emergency dispatch decisions. Read the news: bit.ly/4kImdyZ #GPSky #MedSky #EmergencyCare #EmergencyMedicine @rcem.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @bristolhealthp.bsky.social @gw4alliance.bsky.social

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

📢 We have two new job vacancies in our Evaluation and Insights team for Senior Research Evaluators - one quantitative & one mixed-methods - to help us assess the potential impact of healthcare innovations. The closing date for both vacancies is Monday 14 July: www.healthinnowest.net/careers/job-...

1/3 Coming up: Life in a Coastal Town - a new free exhibition exploring #MentalHealth and community, Weston Museum, Weston-super-Mare, 8-17 July 2025. The exhibition shares original artwork by local people exploring their experiences during some of life's toughest times. More info: bit.ly/4ltc4H8

We’re at the Centre for Health and Clinical Research Showcase today @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social @chcr-uwe.bsky.social Chatting about active lives, continence, eating disorders, long-term pain, immunisations, and more! Come and say hi 👋 #CHCR2025

📰In the news!📰 📢Continuing to #vaccinate for #mpox through a routine targeted programme for #gay & #bisexual men delivered by sexual health services will greatly reduce the number of cases & save the #NHS millions, new research has found. More➡️ bit.ly/402nw4m @bristoluni.bsky.social

"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

Out and about for #WorldContinenceWeek! Spreading the word about our CONfidence app, which provides practical advice for people about bladder and bowel leakage. #WCW2025 #continencematters @nikkic07.bsky.social www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/world-c...

New research, in collaboration with @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social, highlights the experiences of Black stroke survivors in the UK, exploring how stroke impacts identity, daily life and access to care. Co-produced short films offer advice for stroke survivors and healthcare professionals.

📢 NEW BLOG: Why experience matters & must be at the heart of service improvement. Susie Beresford, Senior Project Manager, celebrates #LearningDisabilityWeek2025, reflecting on the theme “Do you see me?” in connection to our Learning Disability Collaborative www.healthinnowest.net/2025/06/do-y...

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

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

Discrimination against people living with #HIV and #Hepatitis is common in #tattooing and #piercing. Researcher @cdodds.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social has launched a campaign to raise awareness. See nat.org.uk/bbv-tattooin... or read more bit.ly/4mLx2Cw @shipsexhealth.bsky.social @nat.org.uk

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

⚒️New toolkit from @commonambitionbs.bsky.social! Built from 4 years of co-producing sexual health services with African & Caribbean communities. 🟰Practical steps to share power, foster trust & reduce inequity. 🆓Free to download 👉 arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/cab-co-produ... #HealthEquity #CoProduction

On #ClinicalTrialsDay we’re celebrating the impact of REACT mobility classes for older people: 📈proven to reverse signs of frailty 💷cost-effective to run 📌happening across Bristol Funded by NIHR‬, published in @thelancetph.bsky.social #CTD2025 www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/from-cl...

📢 Event today! #DementiaActionWeek - Dementia research and me Join us for an informal drop-in day of fun activities, refreshments and a chance to hear about dementia research happening locally. 12pm, The Royal Hotel, #WestonSuperMare bit.ly/3F2ywrf @bristolhealthp.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...

#HIV testing becomes far more trusted, accessible and routine when it's co-designed and delivered by the communities it aims to serve. Great work @temilolaadeniyi.bsky.social 🙌🏿 @shipsexhealth.bsky.social Find out more and read the research paper: bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/barbers...

In our newsletter: 🎟️ booking opens for #Conference on 22 October, 🏆 celebrating national recognition for Common Ambition Bristol #HIV programme, 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 improving #PPI in research, and much more... Read in full: mailchi.mp/bristolhealt... Sign up to receive future editions: bit.ly/3TwfGN1

Overdose prevention centres are intended to reduce the harms of using #drugs. HIT member Bristol Drugs Project has secured funding to work with a @arc-west.bsky.social and @bristoluni.bsky.social researcher to study local attitudes to these centres. www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/bristol...

There's a jam-packed programme for @livingstreets.bsky.social 9th UK Walking Summit. It's taking place for the first time this year in #Bristol and online on Tuesday 3 June. Tickets available at: www.livingstreets.org.uk/Bristol @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social @bristolcouncil.bsky.social

Congratulations to Common Ambition Bristol 🙌🏿 Highly Commended at the #HSJAwards2025 #HSJpartnershipawards #HIV #healthcare @brigstowe.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @bristolcouncil.bsky.social @arc-west.bsky.social @shipsexhealth.bsky.social www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/common-...

New research to support a thriving health and care workforce has been launched. The NIHR-funded Same Day and Urgent Care (SURGE) Workforce Research Partnership is led by @chcr-uwe.bsky.social & a collaboration with CAPC + 7 other UK academic institutions/2 NHS Trusts. Find out more: bit.ly/4lmmKIf

Our latest quarterly #PrimaryCare research newsletter is out now! Packed full of research news, blogs, events & more! Read now: mailchi.mp/00d2307d3865... Subscribe: bit.ly/4lfSi2s @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @arc-west.bsky.social @bristolhealthp.bsky.social

A powerful new film shines light on the healthcare responses to violence against women in low-resource countries. The film, created through the HERA Study, documents the transformative potential of healthcare systems to support women affected by domestic violence. Watch: youtu.be/JzJ_0118Toc?...

🎭Theatre can bring research to life. But if the research is on a sensitive subject, it must be produced with care. 🔍Join us on 15 May for a webinar to launch a new how-to guide to co-developed theatre for disseminating research on sensitive subjects. bit.ly/3XZnitx

🎬Our new film is a must watch for anyone working with people affected by #stroke. @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social @bristolafterstroke.bsky.social @researchnbt.bsky.social www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/stroke-...

Listen to this excellent discussion on @bbc5live.bsky.social with Naga Munchetty about the issues facing children & young people in accessing school toilets, uncovered in our recent report with ERIC, The Children's Bowel & Bladder Charity: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (21 mins 40 secs in)

TUES 25 MARCH: Join @bristoluni.bsky.social Healthy Weight researchers online to find out about the @nihr.bsky.social and RCF funded projects they support. Hosted by our colleagues @bnssgresearch.bsky.social #weightmanagement #research www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/events/healt...

Next week we're at @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social to examine how we can generate more supportive environments and joined-up health, care and wellbeing systems. For planners, commissioners, policymakers, providers, local authority colleagues & NGOs. www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/events/creat...

Today's the 3rd anniversary of the #SharedCommitment to public involvement, and our public contributors are asking the questions... #PPI #health #research www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/public-...

Bristol Heart Festival ❤️ 13 March: Come along for hands-on activities, expert talks and interactive workshops, to find out about #heart health and how to lead a healthier lifestyle. www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ma... @bristolbrc.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

Listen to this @bjgp.bsky.social interview with @peteredwards.bsky.social about his NIHR funded research on giving safety-netting advice in #PrimaryCare. How, when and why it is used? What is best practice?