A study of over 96,000 UK men and women, of average age 64.5 years, has found that those with chronic conditions are spending considerably less time on physical activity than their healthy peers, so are missing out on its health management benefits. The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford measured the […]
CQC finds improvements – further information have be read here
The new OUH Medical Director, Dr Meghana Pandit started at the OUH in January 2019 https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article.aspx?id=914
The Oxford AHSC has submitted its Annual Report to the Department of Health. (all AHSCs are obliged to submit annual reports) This covers the period 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 and shows an impressive amount of work across our key activity themes. Good progress has been made in developing partnerships with the life […]
February 18 Edition
February 18 Edition
Intensive, home-based and effective treatment of postnatal depression has been shown to be associated with positive child development. Postnatal depression is a common experience for women after the birth of a baby, affecting at least 1 in 10 mothers in the UK. For some mothers feeling low may last for a relatively short period of […]
Postnatal depression which persists beyond six months after birth and is severe, increases the risk of children exhibiting behavioural problems, achieving lower GCSE mathematics grades at 16 years and having depression at 18 years of age. Postnatal depression which is persistent (whether moderate or severe) increases mothers’ risk of continuing to experience depressive symptoms beyond […]