health

Reports

How local ‘health hubs’ could encourage more women to get checked for breast cancer

Bristol breast cancer rates are 16% higher than the national average, and women from deprived areas are less likely to attend appointments. We asked women about the impact better community-based services could make.

Steph Cullen
Steph Cullen

Photography

The gloves are on: the boxing charity helping young people bounce back

Alexander Turner

Future of Cities

Cities of the future must prioritise the health of people and the planet

Daniel Black
Daniel Black (Program director of TRUUD)
Image of the Charlotte Keel Medical Practice GP surgery in Easton, Bristol

Reports

Revealed: Private takeover of Bristol GP surgery ‘abandoned’ at last minute

One Medicare was due to take over Charlotte Keel Medical Practice in Easton at the start of July – before NHS bosses abruptly pulled the plug.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards
Image of campaigners with dentist Gaye Herford outside the BUPA practice in St Pauls, Bristol (credit: Alexander Turner)

Features

‘What the hell can people do?’ Looming closure of St Pauls dentist shines light on a national crisis

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Reports

‘Life-saving’ council service for adults with learning disabilities facing cut

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Features

The menopause leaves some women struggling to work. But what can be done about it?

From depression to anxiety and chronic pain, it can be debilitating to go through the menopause. The Cable spoke to women about their experience and support at work.

Steph Cullen
Steph Cullen

Reports

Image of East Bristol Intermediate Care Centre (credit: Google)

Bristol’s final council-run rehab centre set to close as part of adult social care cuts

A cabinet decision to close East Bristol Intermediate Care Centre will put more than 25 jobs at risk, but the council argues that sufficient alternative services are available in the city.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Features

Cooking up a storm: The project tackling Bristol’s rising food poverty

The Mazi Project provides pre-portioned meal kits to marginalised young people to address food poverty in the city.

Emma Blackmore
Emma Blackmore

Voices

‘I was finally diagnosed with ADHD at 25. Would I have got this sooner if I was a boy?’

After years of being misdiagnosed and incorrectly medicated, Dolores has finally got an ADHD diagnosis. But how different could her childhood have been if she’d been diagnosed sooner, like boys often are?

Dolores McGurran
Dolores McGurran

Features

Delays with at-home sexual health tests leave Bristolians with a sense of frustration

Since the pandemic, walk-in sexual health services in Bristol have given way to home testing kits – but some people are complaining of long delays and inconclusive results, with the council acknowledging access is a 'key issue'.

Andy Leake
Andy Leake

Reports

‘The way the NHS is managed is breaking workers’. Bristol nurses take historic strike action

Meet two critical care nurses from the picket line at the BRI in historic NHS strike action.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval
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