Oxford AHSC Annual Report
December 03, 2020
The Annual Report to 31 March 2020 has been submitted to NIHR and NHSE/I and is available here
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OUH gives update to the Oxfordshire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee
December 02, 2020
Positive feedback from Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) (thanks to Chris Cunningham for the Trust Management Executive (TME) update) Dr Bruno Holthof, our Chief Executive Officer, briefed TME members on positive feedback from the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) meeting which finished shortly before TME started. Oxfordshire HOSC is […]
Oxford Brookes joins Productivity Institute
November 30, 2020
Oxford Brookes Business School is part of a new institute that will boost ground-breaking research to explore how to increase productivity, boost wages and support the economic recovery across the UK, backed by a £37 million government investment. The Productivity Institute is based at the University of Manchester and will identify barriers to increase productivity levels across […]
Inhaled corticosteroids to be investigated as a possible treatment for Covid-19 in national PRINCIPLE Trial
November 30, 2020
In Covid-19, inhaled budesonide may prevent damaging inflammation, stop the virus from getting into lung cells and inhibit viral replication. From 27 November 2020, the inhaled corticosteroid budesonide will be investigated as part of the UK’s national priority platform trial for Covid-19 treatments that can be taken at home. Led by the University of Oxford, […]
Training programme for midwives using real fetal heart sounds wins national patient safety award
November 11, 2020
Innovative training to improve the safety of women and babies in low risk labour developed in the Thames Valley has won a national award. The initiative won the Patient Safety Innovation of the Year category at the HSJ Patient Safety Awards. It was also highly commended in the Education and Training category. The practical online programme is the […]
Congratulations to the President of the RCS
November 02, 2020
Professor Neil Mortensen Neil Mortensen is Professor of Colorectal Surgery in the University of Oxford Medical School and has been on the staff of the Oxford University Hospitals since 1987, where he is currently honorary consultant colorectal surgeon. He is Fellow of Green Templeton College. Since his appointment in Oxford he campaigned for the recognition […]
Research photography exhibition comes to the JR
November 02, 2020
A photography exhibition showcasing ground-breaking NHS research taking place across the Thames Valley can now be viewed by visitors and staff at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital. ‘The Body Unlocked: How Research is Changing Lives’ features life-sized photographs of people who have taken part in studies, researchers at work and microscopic images of cells and bacteria. […]
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Trials of Oxford coronavirus vaccine begin in Kenya
November 02, 2020
Kenya has joined the global efforts in search of an effective vaccine for COVID-19 with the start of a trial evaluating the ChAdOx1 nCoV-2019 Oxford coronavirus vaccine. The trial will be hosted at KEMRI at its Kilifi based KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, a longstanding collaboration between KEMRI, the University of Oxford and the Wellcome Trust […]
Breaking ground at OUH Swindon Radiotherapy Centre
October 27, 2020
On Friday 23 October senior figures from Great Western Hospitals, Brighter Futures, Oxford University Hospitals and construction company John Sisk & Son Ltd met on site for a socially-distanced celebration to mark the start of work on the OUH Swindon Radiotherapy Unit. The project has been an aspiration for clinicians, health planners and local people […]
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Britain’s most influential Hindu temple spreads awareness of the PRINCIPLE trial among Indian Community
October 22, 2020
Europe’s BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha is supporting their community during the coronavirus pandemic by spreading awareness of the PRINCIPLE trial of Covid-19 treatments. Led by Oxford University researchers, the PRINCIPLE trial is working across all UK communities to evaluate if treatment administered early in the course of the Covid-19 illness can help people aged over 50 […]