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Radiography

The public's feedback needed on radiography experiences

Help shape the future of the University of West England's radiography degree course by sharing your experience

12 September 2019

Have your say

Young people's views needed on care

As part of the Care Quality Commission’s #DeclareYourCare campaign young people are being encouraged to feedback on care.

11 September 2019

Advice and Information

elderly to be treated as people rather than a condition thanks to new data sharing technology

Every care home resident "treated as a person rather than a condition" in new data sharing system

An innovative new technology project entitled Connecting Care has launched in the Bristol area which will mean patients won’t have to explain their care and needs more than once.

11 September 2019

Strong link between childhood trauma and self-harming in teenagers is found in new University of Bristol study

The University of Bristol is for the first time using a large family study to look at links between childhood trauma and self-harming in teenagers.

A total of 4,300 young people from the Bristol’s Children of the 90s study were used to see if adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) eg abuse, domestic violence are linked to self-harming at 16.

6 September 2019

Awareness for the public that junk food can cause blindness

Junk food diet can lead to blindness warn Bristol researchers

An extreme case of "fussy" or "picky" eating caused a young patient’s blindness, according to research published this week. It warns that more and more cases could occur unless eating habits change for the better.

6 September 2019

Contraception abuse

Study to explore whether requesting emergency contraception can be a sign of domestic abuse

A project is under way to explore whether women requesting emergency contraception can be a sign of domestic abuse or violence after they have been forced to have unprotected sex.

6 September 2019

Elderly man and woman talking together at a Healthwatch event

NHS Long Term Plan Report

We asked the public how they would spend the government's £20 million a year investment into the NHS over the next 10 years to improve services locally #WhatWouldYouDo?

Mental health report

Mental Health in Bristol - a year long project

The aim of this year-long project was to find out which mental health services in Bristol people had used in the 12 months, how beneficial they were to them, what works well, and what could be improved.

Elderly person sitting on a bench with a friend.

Do you need help getting to hospital?

Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments.

Advice and Information

No smoking report

Investigation into the Causes of Smoking in Pregnancy

Our stop smoking client consultation report where we asked women why they struggled to stop smoking during pregnancy in Bristol and North Somerset. What did they think about services to help them and how did they work?

lady in GP waiting room

Registering with your GP: understanding your rights

People have told us they can have problems registering with a GP. This article explains more about your rights and what do to if you are refused the right to register.

Advice and Information

NHS Long Term Plan

We asked the public how they would spend the government's £20 million a year investment into the NHS over the next 10 years to improve services locally #WhatWouldYouDo

We asked the public to share their views in general and a condition-specific suirveys and ran a series of focus groups based around the NHS's Long Term Plan.