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OAHP Annual Report and case studies for 2020/2021

The OAHP has produced its first Annual Report with accompanying case studies and this has been submitted to NIHR.  It can be accessed Paper 4 Oxford Academic Health Partners AHSC Annual Report 2020-2021_FINAL The Report covers progress towards objectives and highlights the significant activities during the year.  The Case Studies cover@ Pandemic preparedness : responding […]

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OAHP Charity Awards

The Oxford Academic Health Partners Charity has made a series of awards to staff and students across the partner organisations for the first time.  A total of just under £32,000 has been made available to 59 staff from Oxford Brookes, Oxford Health, Oxford University Hospitals and the University of Oxford. The Board of the Charity, […]

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Oxford Cancer launched

Oxford Cancer launched Oxford Cancer is a new initiative at the University of Oxford, representing cancer research across the city of Oxford. Oxford Cancer facilitates and supports the application of University of Oxford and OUH research to tackle one of the biggest causes of death worldwide through multidisciplinary collaborations. As a strategic research theme, Oxford […]

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Life Sciences Vision

The document Life Sciences Vision was published in early July and is available here life-sciences-vision July 2021 Professor Sir John Bell, chairman of the OAHP Board, played a leading role in its development and in the introduction from Prime Minister Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, he says “I cannot think of a time when we […]

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OUH Cancer research team shortlisted for top nursing accolade

An Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) early phase clinical trials team have been named as finalists for the prestigious RCN Nursing Awards 2021.  The team, based at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, have been shortlisted in the ‘Excellence in Cancer Research Nursing’ category, which is sponsored by Cancer Research UK. The RCN Nursing Awards shortlist showcases the best of […]

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Improving screening services at OUH

Patients who need diagnostic services across Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) – which performs 550,000 examinations every year – are set to benefit from enhanced state-of-the-art screening facilities. Eleven new imaging units have either been installed or will be installed later this year at the Trust’s four hospital sites: the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital and […]

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£24m Investment into Adolescent Mental Health to Enable Young People to Flourish

UKRI have announced a major £24 million investment into improving the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents in the UK. One of the projects being funded is led by Professor Kam Bhui in the Department of Psychiatry, it will bring together diverse creative-arts, digital and health experts to investigate how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can […]

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Major grant to strengthen research and benefit patients

Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) has made a grant of £11.5 million to the University of Oxford, which the University will match with other funding, to allow the development of major clinical research facilities which have the potential to support the introduction of innovative and ground-breaking treatments for patients.   Oxford is one of the most vibrant […]

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Treating diabetic foot ulcers: new research with smart shoe insoles

A research team, involving academics at Oxford Brookes University, has been awarded a share of a £1.6 million grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop smart shoe insoles to help tackle diabetic foot ulcers.  Diabetic foot ulcers affect a quarter of people with diabetes and cost the NHS around £1 billion a year. Funded by UKRI’s Engineering and […]

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Oxford to play host to crucial G7 health talks

The 2021 G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting will be held in-person in Oxford on 3-4 June and will bring together health leaders from the world’s leading democracies to agree life-saving action in critical areas of global health.  They will convene at Oxford University, which has been at the heart of the global fight against COVID-19, with world-leading […]

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