A new study led by researchers from the University of Bristol and collaborators across the UK and Finland has shed light on the critical role of psychological discomfort in promoting behavioural change among men participating in domestic abuse perpetrator programmes (DAPPs).
A new study led by researchers from the University of Bristol and collaborators across the UK and Finland has shed light on the critical role of psychological discomfort in promoting behavioural change among men participating in domestic abuse perpetrator programmes (DAPPs).
Remembering our colleague Jon Banks, 1962-2025
Some of the most vulnerable people in society were less able to access GP care during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the general population, according to new research published in BJGP Open. The study, led by researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Oxford and Glasgow, also found those effects continued long after lockdowns ended.
The Welsh Ambulance Service is leading on a study into the use of live video consultations to help decision making when deploying critical care teams in response to 999 calls. The project is a collaboration between clinicians and researchers across the Welsh Ambulance Service, West Midlands Ambulance Service, University of Warwick, University of Bristol, Imperial College, Aberystwyth University, the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service, and the Wales Air Ambulance Charity.
Patients and surgeons have reported that a new, automated system to monitor patients’ views on how much they have felt involved in decision-making about their surgery is acceptable. The study, led by researchers from NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and the Centre for Academic Primary Care, is published in BMJ Open.
How does it feel to live in Weston-super-Mare when you are struggling with your mental health? What resources exist in the local community – and what barriers are there to accessing them? A new free exhibition coming to Weston Museum from Tuesday 8 to Thursday 17 July explores these questions through the creative storytelling of people who often feel excluded.
A revolutionary handheld device that helps to save lives by detecting dangerous synthetic drugs almost instantly has won its creators - including researchers from the University of Bristol - a prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prize.
Our study aims to understand UK Chinese residents’ views and experiences of accessing and using health services, with a focus on healthcare in relation to cancer screening and vaccinations, mental health and sexually transmitted infections, where there are known health inequities within the Chinese population. / 本研究计划了解在英华人在获取和使用医疗服务方面的看法与经历。研究将重点关注癌症筛查和疫苗接种、心理健康以及性传播感染等方面的医疗服务，华人群体在这些健康服务方面已面临不平等的情况。/ 本研究計劃了解在英華人在獲取和使用醫療服務方面的看法與經歷。研究將重點關注癌症篩查與疫苗接種、心理健康以及性傳播感染等方面的醫療服務；華人群體在這些健康服務方面已面臨不平等的情況。
A new Friends and Family Handbook, written by Dr Alison Gregory, an Independent Academic and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, has been launched by Women’s Aid Federation of England. The handbook provides practical support and information for anyone worried about someone who is or may be experiencing domestic abuse.
Researchers have produced a standard set of outcomes that should be measured and reported in future studies involving common acute ear infections. This ‘core outcome set’ will allow future ear infection studies to be more consistent with each other, so evidence can be accumulated over time.
