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Bristol Health Partners
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We're the Academic Health Science Centre for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. We're passionate about #evidence, #improvement and #equity in health and care. If you are too, please follow us.
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Bristol Health Partners @bristolhealthp.bsky.social · Jul 29
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
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Structural racism & cultural misunderstanding compound grief for Black British/Black Caribbean communities, study finds.

Authors call for widespread changes to improve bereavement experiences & access to support.

📰News: tinyurl.com/yc5tvucm
📄Paper: tinyurl.com/2eremjs4

#NationalGriefAwarenessWeek
2025: Structural racism and cultural misunderstanding compound grief | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Opt-out testing for HIV and hepatitis was introduced in Bristol's A&Es because evidence compiled by @shipsexhealth.bsky.social researchers showed it was highly effective. Great work @jhorwood.bsky.social and colleagues 🙌🏽

@hpruebs.bsky.social @arc-west.bsky.social

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HIV detection drive sees thousands tested in A&E
More than 72,000 people have been tested since an A&E opt-out initiative was launched.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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📰News!🎉We are delighted to announce the launch of a new HPV Inform website for families & professionals about the HPV vaccine. The website will contribute to overcoming misinformation & provide access to information which can help protect teenage children’s health. More ▶️ tinyurl.com/3ueeex3n
New HPV Inform website
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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📰News!📰Today is #WorldAIDSDay. Our latest research highlights how community-driven initiatives & policy innovation are reshaping the fight against #HIV, while global funding cuts threaten hard-won progress. More➡️ tinyurl.com/y6y8xnnd
@jhorwood.bsky.social, @bristoluni.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
World AIDS Day 2025: Community-led innovation and policy action in the fight against HIV
December 1st is World AIDS Day. Our latest research highlights how community-driven initiatives and policy innovation are reshaping the fight against HIV – while global funding cuts threaten hard-won ...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/experiences-of-grief-in-ethnically-diverse-communities-panel-discussion-and-film-launch/e-xomklb
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
bristolhealthp.bsky.social
📢 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/
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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We were delighted to welcome England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer to share with her Common Ambition Bristol’s innovative, community-led approach to tacking #HIV

www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/england...
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Many @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social Centre for Health and Clinical Research members in these photos, including @alisondiaper.bsky.social!
Many CHCR projects are part of @bristolhealthp.bsky.social 👍
#BHPconference2025
bnssgresearch.bsky.social NHS BNSSG ICB Research @bnssgresearch.bsky.social · 27d
We were delighted to be part of #BHPconference25, bringing together people & organisations determined to improve health & care.
Photo: Senior Research Fellow Dr @alisondiaper.bsky.social & Associate Director for Research Paul Roy, and you might spot other team members in the conference photos too! 👋
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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We were delighted to be part of #BHPconference25, bringing together people & organisations determined to improve health & care.
Photo: Senior Research Fellow Dr @alisondiaper.bsky.social & Associate Director for Research Paul Roy, and you might spot other team members in the conference photos too! 👋
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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🏆 We are super proud of 6 years of achievements, including:
202 projects 🧑‍🔬
596 papers 📓
£157 million funding leveraged 💰

🙏 Big thanks to our partners, public contributors and study participants!
👉 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of...
#6YearsOfARCWest #ARCimpacts
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Great conversations and a real buzz in the room! Thanks to everyone who came along to Conference this year.

Full story and more photos: www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/2025-co...

#BHPconference25
October 31, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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hpruebs.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
New website launch
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Great to be with colleagues at this year's @bristolhealthp.bsky.social conference. Fantastic programme celebrating the work of the health partnership & Health Integration Teams.
#BHPconference25
October 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Always an insightful and inspiring day at the @bristolhealthp.bsky.social annual conference #BHPconference25 Fantastic opportunity to network and develop collaborative ideas. We are looking forward to sharing the work of the Bladder and Bowel CONfidence HIT (BABCON) this afternoon.
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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bnssgresearch.bsky.social
We're delighted to be part of the @bristolhealthp.bsky.social annual conference #BHPconference25.
So many organisations coming together to improve health and care.
We're proud to havd a table here today - come and say hello and chat about research! 👋
bristolhealthp.bsky.social Bristol Health Partners @bristolhealthp.bsky.social · Oct 22
Today is our biggest ever conference!
Welcome to delegates from the region, alongside guests from @kingshealth.bsky.social
@au.dk @aau.dk

If you’re here with us today, post your thoughts using #BHPconference25
We’ll repost as many as we can.
October 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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We're delighted to be flying the flag for the Centre for Health and Clinical Research @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social at today's conference #BHPconference25.
A packed room full of organisations, here to make a difference in health and care.
October 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
bristolhealthp.bsky.social
Today is our biggest ever conference!
Welcome to delegates from the region, alongside guests from @kingshealth.bsky.social
@au.dk @aau.dk

If you’re here with us today, post your thoughts using #BHPconference25
We’ll repost as many as we can.
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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"The programme gave me a new lease on life."

A Bristol hospitals Pain Management group is helping people in and around Weston-supe-Mare who live with chronic pain turn their lives around.

www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/westons...
Weston’s pilot programme puts chronic pain patients first - Bristol Health Partners
A mother who has lived with chronic back pain for a decade has described a new pain management group in Weston-super-Mare, run by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW), a...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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❓ 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
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
bristolhealthp.bsky.social
A brilliant example of why our #HealthIntegrationTeams are so effective!

Bringing organisations together to help people like Howard, who are affected by stroke, go back to work.

@sironacic.bsky.social @bristolafterstroke.bsky.social

www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/helping...
Pioneering group helping stroke survivors get back to work - Bristol Health Partners
A ground-breaking group in Bristol is helping stroke survivors prepare for returning to work. Sirona‘s Integrated Community Stroke Service piloted eight weekly group sessions as part of its rehabilita...
www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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By sharing their lived experience with us, Carl and Chrissy help researchers and service providers improve mental health services in the region. Find out more about what they do and why they do it #WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD2025

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“I’m proud of us both for being involved” - Bristol Health Partners
After performing with the ACTA theatre company in 2024, Carl and Chrissy became Bristol Health Partners public contributors, providing their lived experience of mental health challenges to our Self-ha...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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📢Digital Health Community Innovators
Do you have a challenge or idea that could improve health in your community using digital approaches? We’re looking for people with lived experience or community or grassroots involvement to share real-world problems that could be tackled with digital tools.
Text: Digital Health Community Innovators. Bringing lived experience to the heart of digital health research. Images: People chatting and interacting with digital technology.
September 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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“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
The FAST MRI DYAMOND breast cancer screening study – How did we get here? | North Bristol NHS Trust
A new study is investigating whether FAST MRI, a new type of scan, can help detect small but aggressive breast cancers earlier. Now open to patients, the
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October 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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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

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September 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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🧠 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
2025: Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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September 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM