A dedicated hotline has been set up by healthcare partners to help people with diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and neighbouring Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) have worked together to create and man the hotline, which is now live. Designed for patients who need urgent clinical advice, […]
In this Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health (Nuffield Department of Medicine) blog, Rima Shretta (Honorary Visiting Research Fellow) outlines the direct and indirect costs of the COVID-19 pandemic which may impact the global economy. Summary of the breakdown of the direct and indirect costs of COVID-19, adapted from Evans D, Over M. 2020. […]
The NIHR and NHS England and NHS Improvement have designated eight Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs) in England. AHSCs are partnerships between top universities and NHS organisations that combine excellence in research, health education and patient care. The newly designated NIHR and NHS England and NHS Improvement Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs) will harness […]
NHS England has announced a programme to provide NHS staff with evidence-based digital programmes to protect their mental health during the COVID-19 response. The apps are designed to help maintain healthy sleep, and reduce anxiety. Sleepio is an automated digital self-help app based on cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia. It was built by Colin Espie, Professor […]
The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), which is hosted by Oxford University Hospitals, has allocated funding to three new COVID-19 research projects in an attempt to improve treatment, understand how the virus interacts with chronic diseases, and the longer-term effects of infection on organs. The Oxford BRC’s Director, Prof Helen McShane, said: “The researchers we […]
Dr Glenn Wells has now left the Oxford Academic Health Partners having contributed hugely to the two successful designations for the AHSC – now Oxford Academic Health Partners, firstly for 2014 and secondly for 2020. His work across the partners was really significant particularly in bringing nursing and midwifery into the forefront of partnership. demonstrating […]
The Oxford Academic Health Partners (OAHP) is delighted to have been designated as an NIHR/NHSE/I Academic Health Science Centre following the recent competitive designation process. The designation comes into effect from 1 April 2020 and is for an initial period of five years. The OAHP includes Oxford Health NHS FT, Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT, […]
The NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have awarded £10.5 million of funding to six new research projects on developing and testing vaccines and therapies for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). One of the projects will investigate potential vaccines and could begin as early as June. Another of the funded projects will develop manufacturing processes to […]
Oxford University has been ranked as the world’s best institution for medical and health teaching and research for the ninth consecutive year in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings. © John Cairns & Fisher Studios The subject-specific tables for clinical, pre-clinical and health studies follow on from the announcement that Oxford has been […]
Analysis of antipsychotic drugs could improve outcomes for schizophrenia patients Results of a new study published in The Lancet this month will help doctors to balance the benefits and side-effects of medication they prescribe to treat schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in adults worldwide – one in 100 people globally […]