Table 1 Health Integration Teams, their aims and accreditation
Month of accreditation | HIT title | HIT aims |
|---|---|---|
July 2012 | Bristol bones and joints | • Harness evidence-based practice and associated research to fill knowledge gaps • Improve care pathways and outcomes for patients with musculoskeletal conditions |
Avoiding hospital admissions | • Reduce complexity in the local urgent care system • Optimise the productivity and efficiency of existing and new interventions | |
December 2012 | Sexual health improvement | • Transform services to improve sexual health for the people of Bristol and the South West |
Improving care in self-harm | • Examine the care pathway, and utilise knowledge, expertise and resources to achieve the highest quality evidence based patient care and treatment for people who harm themselves | |
Dementia | • Deliver dementia-friendly communities and services based on the highest quality evidence • Conduct world-class research to achieve the best quality of life for people and families living with dementia | |
Supporting healthier and inclusive neighbourhood environments | • Use science, community voices and innovation to establish Bristol as a healthy city • Reduce health inequities • Closely align city development with health, well-being, social inclusion and green city aspirations | |
Respiratory infections | • Improve the management of patients at every stage of their illness and care • Use NHS resources as efficiently as possible | |
Retinal outreach, integration and research | • Implement research-driven service delivery • Engage the patient voice, staff and commissioners in developing those services | |
July 2013 | Child injury | • Help Bristol set the national standard for integrating prevention, care and rehabilitation across children's trauma services |
Parkinson's and other movement disorders | • Develop whole system partnership working for movement disorders across the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire region • Develop a high quality, high impact, internationally-recognised system for Parkinson's and other movement disorders | |
December 2013 | Chronic Kidney Disease | • Improve outcomes for patients with kidney disease in the Bristol area through: prevention, patient care, education & research |
Bristol network for equality in early years health and wellbeing | • Focus on antenatal care to children aged seven • Achieve improvements in oral health, nutrition, and social and emotional wellbeing | |
July 2014 | Active people: promoting healthy life expectancy | • Encourage the adoption of physical activity and other health behaviours among older age groups in order to improve their overall health during their later years |
Addictions | • Maximise the use of the resources already available to reduce substance-related harm | |
Integrated pain management | • Improvements in performance, productivity and efficiency by ensuring that our research programmes and expertise in the management of chronic pain are integrated into care | |
Bristol immunisation group | • Develop an outstanding immunisation service • Lead research on immunisation development and provision, responsive to vaccine preventable infectious disease outbreaks • Use innovative technology to enable people to be better informed regarding their own (and their children's) vaccinations | |
Psychological therapies in primary care | • Improve uptake of, access to, and outcomes for effective psychological therapies | |
Improving perinatal mental health | • Improve the identification and subsequent care of parents with poor mental health before and following the birth of their child | |
July 2015 (Expressions of interest) | Cancer, Chronic eye conditions, Psychosis, Eating disorders |