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 […]
Oxford Health’s pioneering approach to recovery and employment for people with experience of mental illness has been awarded prestigious trailblazer status by Health Education England. The Peer Support Worker Programme focuses on people’s recovery – providing one-of-a-kind support to people experiencing mental ill-health and inspirational opportunities for people in recovery. The accolade means the trust […]
Joy Warmington MBE has been appointed as a Non-executive Director of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for an initial term of three years – she took up her new role today (Tuesday 1 June 2021). The Trust’s Council of Governors, which includes elected representatives of the public and staff, made the appointment at its meeting […]
An in-depth study examining approaches to spreading and adopting innovation in the health sector has been published by the AHSN Network to help AHSNs, and partners, understand and harness the AHSN collective experience and expertise. The review, which identifies the different approaches used across the 15 AHSNs within the Network, highlights the complexity of spread […]
An Oxford Brookes student has been nominated in the Oxfordshire Health and Social Care Awards 2021 for her volunteering work during the pandemic. Courtney Hughes, a first year student studying the Nursing Associate Higher Apprenticeship degree, has supported members of her local community and frontline healthcare workers through her charity Secret Santa 365, which provides gifts, essential items, […]
The Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) is delighted to announce that Professor Jonathan Rees has been appointed as the new Director of the Botnar Research Institute Professor Rees will take up the role in August 2021 from Professor Andrew Carr, also the Head of Department at NDORMS, who said: “Prof Jonny Rees is an outstanding clinician […]
Ariel Lanada, Divisional Educational Lead for the Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Trauma, Specialist Surgery, Children’s and Neonates Division of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is the joint winner of BAME Nurse of the Year in the National BAME Health and Care Awards. Ariel, who is also Chair of our Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network, […]
Professor Ashok ‘Ash’ Soni OBE has been appointed as a Non-executive Director of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for an initial term of three years – he took up his new role on Tuesday 6 April 2021. The Trust’s Council of Governors, which includes elected representatives of the public and staff, made the appointment at […]
Six scientists from the University of Oxford, including Professor Adrian Hill and Professor Frances Platt from the Medical Sciences Division, have joined the Royal Society as Fellows. All were selected for their outstanding contributions in various scientific fields. See details of the scientists and their research.
Investigators at the University of Oxford, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), Brown University and the Mayo Clinic have joined forces to develop open-source technology platforms for a new generation of neurostimulation devices that not only provide stimulation to the brain but also sense, record, and stream brain activity. The new ‘OpenMind’ consortium is led […]