OAHP is a partnership of five organisations:
Oxford Brookes University is one of the UK’s leading universities and enjoys an international reputation for teaching excellence and innovation as well as strong links with business and industry. It has recently restructured to two Faculties: Faculty of Health, Science and Technology and Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. It has nearly 3,000 academic and administrative staff and just under 19,000 students.
OAHP Board Member: Professor Astrid Schloerscheidt
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides community health, mental health, and specialised health services and employs more than 6,000 staff. It operates across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Swindon, and Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES). It hosts the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Oxford and Thames Valley and the newly designated (2024) NIHR HealthTech Research Centre (HTRC) established to explore innovative Health Technology to enhance community and primary care.
OAHP Board Member: Dr Karl Marlowe. Medical Director
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest acute teaching trusts in the UK, with a national and international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in patient care, teaching, and research. It employs 15,500 people and has three hospitals in Oxford and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. OUH hosts the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, the OAHP, and Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley.
OAHP Board Member: Professor Meghana Pandit, Chief Executive Officer
Oxford University’s Medical Sciences Division is one of the largest biomedical research departments in Europe, with over 6,000 academics, researchers and professional services staff and more than 4,300 students. Oxford University is rated # one in the world for medicine and is home to the UK’s top-ranked medical school.
OAHP Board Member: Professor Gavin Screaton, Head of the Medical Sciences Division
Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley (HIOTV) aims to get healthcare innovation into everyday practice to improve patient safety, outcomes, and experience, and generate economic growth, through collaboration between the NHS, industry, and universities. Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley covers a region of three million people living in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, and Oxfordshire. It is also sits within a leading national and international life sciences cluster with more than 640 life science businesses. Peter Ellingworth, Chief Executive of the ABHI has recently been appointed as Chairman of the HIOTV Board.
OAHP Board Member: Professor Gary Ford CBE, Chief Executive Officer
OAHP also works closely with the other AHSCs through the group meetings, the local NIHR infrastructure including the NIHR Research Delivery Network and the NIHR, other Health Innovation networks, the Oxford Cambridge ARC, and the BOB Integrated Care System.
The national AHSC Group is currently co-chaired by Oxford and Newcastle AHSCs.