Events

The next Psychosis Health Integration Health Team (HIT) User and Career Workshop is taking place on Thursday 26 October, 7pm – 8.30pm at Broadmead Baptist Church, Whippington Court, Bristol, BS1 3HY. The theme for the workshop will be engagement with people’s families and network as part of care. The workshop will be supportive, but is not intended as a support group – please find a list here of support groups: http://bristolmentalhealth.org/service-users-and-carers/useful-links/ We are able to cover reasonable travel expenses for those attending, if receipts are…

The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute welcomes Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard and theatre maker Viv Gordon to share the stage for the Institute’s fourth Annual Public Lecture GPs on the Brink: Restoring the Joy to General Practice. The NHS underpinned by General Practice is where the vast majority of patient contact takes place. However General Practice has been on a precipice for some time – under-resourced and under-staffed our GPs are burning out and leaving the profession. Professor Stokes-Lampard, a GP…

Click here to register Have you ever wanted to get involved in research, but don’t know where to start? Are you a researcher who would like to involve the public in your research, but don’t know how to recruit or train them? For: People interested in getting involved in research, and researchers interested in involving patients and carers in their research What: The workshop will outline the different types of research methods and terminology used in research and how the public can…

Journal Club dates are: Thursday 21st September 2017 Thursday 26th October 2017 Thursday 23rd November 2017 Rooms and articles for discussion will be confirmed for each meeting. The paper is available just prior to the Journal Club date through a UWE long-in, and Rosie will email it to those that we know don’t have access.  Let Rosie know if you have any trouble getting the paper and she will email it to you. We are always pleased to have your suggestions of…

Would you like to find out more about dementia? Do you want to know more about the different types, e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy Bodies and others? If so, this is an opportunity to find out more about the different types of dementia. You will also have the chance to ask questions. A public lecture will be given by Dr Elizabeth Coulthard, Consultant Neurologist at North Bristol NHS Trust, Consultant Senior Lecture in the School of Clinical…