📚 Watch our new video! Alex Winstanley - Author #SBSWinner reads Ready for Research, helping children explore health & care research. Perfect for schools & waiting areas. 🎥 Watch the short video: youtu.be/of5aXgtTV-k?si…

📽️MAVIS Study📽️(Maternal Vaccination in the NHS) explored inequality in vaccination of pregnant woman against whooping cough across England. This 4-year project gained funding for enhanced community involvement. Watch it here⬇️youtu.be/m1b4mZKh7lc National Institute for Health and Care Research

🎉Our REACT toolkit has been added to the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Wound Aware resource! Jo Kesten said: "We hope the toolkit will help support conversations & equip people who inject drugs with knowledge about safer injecting & provide resources to support them" ➡️bit.ly/42hOENL

🎨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 eventbrite.com/e/169104839426…

🎉Event news! 🎉Last week our fab team presented results from three workstreams of the Emergency department opt-out #HIV, #hepatitis B & C testing learn & share event. This is a fantastic project with the aim to end new cases of #BBV in England by 2030. ➡️bit.ly/464InYe

Today BBC Bristol BBC Points West: 💈How barbers & hairdressers in Bristol are encouraging people to talk about sexually transmitted diseases. #SexualHealthWeek #SHW25 CAB - Common Ambition Bristol Brigstowe NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS FT African Voices Forum Bristol City Council bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

📢New blog📢Shaping a migrant health research agenda through public involvement. Long-term infections like Hep B, C, HIV & TB are more common among migrants than in those UK born. Tackling these infections is vital to address unfair differences. More➡️bit.ly/3Isktg9

📰News!📰Local pharmacies have a key role to play in stopping the spread of #HIV. A new briefing from PolicyBristol says they should help raise awareness and offer access to PrEP—a daily pill that protects against HIV. Read more➡️bit.ly/4pvrhdI

This World Alzheimer's Month, hear from members of the South Asian community on why their voices are vital for finding effective treatments. Together, we can support dementia research to help future generations. Watch now👉 youtu.be/5haxXVsDRXQ #AskAboutDementia

📢Event news!📢We're excited to be part of this Saturday's free Discovery Day 2025 We The Curious. We aim to inspire a future generation of #PublicHealth researchers to stop future infectious disease outbreaks with our can you beat the snot game. Tickets ➡️bit.ly/46PPbJt

New paper just published in Harm Reduction Journal: Motivations underlying co-use of benzodiazepines and opioids in the UK: a qualitative study harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Read the team's blog about this work: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/news/understan… #HarmReduction

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

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. @StrokeHIT Sirona care & health Bristol Stroke Stroke Association Department for Work and Pensions bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/helping-s…

📰News!📰Co-producing health and care services toolkit shares learning from CAB - Common Ambition Bristol. The handy toolkit guides service providers who want to use co-production with minoritised communities to improve health services. More➡️tinyurl.com/d75jk748

❓ 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-a… #ARCimpacts

📣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: bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdvisory…

📢PhD STUDENTSHIP ALERT📢Epidemiology of blood borne viruses among migrant communities in the United Kingdom. Funded for four years with a UKRI rate stipend. Deadline: 11.59pm (GMT) on 15th December 25. Open to home and international students. More➡️ bit.ly/47LLIw0

📢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