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		<title>Simple tool predicts mental health and treatment needs for new inflammatory bowel disease patients</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Researchers at BHP founding-members the University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, delivered through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), have shown how early use of the IBD Disk questionnaire can help forecast which patients are likely to experience more severe physical and mental [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Patients with major depressive disorder, including those who have not responded to first-line antidepressants, may benefit from short-term nitrous oxide treatment, say researchers from BHP members the University of Birmingham and Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, working with colleagues from the University of Oxford. The largest meta-analysis of global trial data has [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[A new strategic partnership with the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) will see Birmingham Health Partners (BHP) work collaboratively to unlock innovation, accelerate research translation, and improve health outcomes across one of the UK’s most diverse regions. ABHI is the UK’s leading industry association for health technology (HealthTech), supporting its members &#8211; including both [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BHP members join new Mission for mental health research</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[BHP members the University of Birmingham, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Birmingham &#038; Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, are part of the Government’s new Mental Health Mission &#8211; designed to develop radical new treatments for mental health conditions. The £42.7M investment into research aims to improve the speed and accuracy of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Second city’s strategic health alliance welcomes mental health trust as new member</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise Stanley]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Birmingham Health Partners has underlined its commitment to delivering research that enhances health and wellbeing by welcoming Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) as its fifth NHS member. BSMHFT was founded in 2003 and provides a wide range of inpatient, community and specialist mental health services – including early intervention and rehabilitation [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>£35.4 million funding boost for brain and mental health research</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise Stanley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The University of Birmingham is part of a significant programme to deliver innovative treatments and therapies in brain health thanks to a £35.4 million award. The award, made to the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, is part of a package of funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) for Biomedical Research Centres [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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