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We lead multidisciplinary applied research and training to rethink the way health care is delivered in general practice and across the community.
Only one in five doctors aware of patient feedback about their care online, survey reveals
Digital health & innovation Patient experience
3 June 2019
Leeds becomes first UK city to reduce obesity in children living in the most deprived areas
Health behaviours Research methods & EBM
7 May 2019
Nicotine replacement therapy more successful in combination form
Health behaviours
18 April 2019
New Cochrane Review investigates the effectiveness of different forms of nicotine replacement therapy in helping people give up smoking
Achieving sugar reduction targets could cut child obesity and healthcare costs
Diet, Data and Interventions
18 April 2019
Department welcomes incoming professors
Awards & appointments Digital health & innovation Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Patient experience Policy & health systems Research methods & EBM
1 April 2019
Many recurrent testicular tumours “missed” by current diagnostic markers
Research methods & EBM
27 March 2019
Urgent need for guidelines to communicate with children about life threatening conditions
Patient experience Policy & health systems
15 March 2019
Grant application departmental deadlines
28 February 2019
Brexit will cause significant harm to the NHS, but No-Deal Brexit presents by far the worst option
Policy & health systems
26 February 2019
Low calorie meal replacements are a cost-effective routine treatment for obesity in the NHS
Health behaviours
25 February 2019
Replacing all regular meals with a low calorie diet of soups, shakes and bars, together with behavioural support, is cost-effective as a routine treatment for obesity
Only “modest” improvement in heart failure survival rates since 2000
Cardiovascular & metabolic
14 February 2019
Research led by Dr Clare Taylor and Professor Richard Hobbs finds that survival after a diagnosis of heart failure in the United Kingdom has shown only modest improvement in the 21st century and lags behind other serious conditions, such as cancer, in a large study published by The BMJ today.
Department research in BJGP's most read articles of 2018
Awards & appointments Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
12 February 2019
Two publications from the Department's cancer diagnostics researchers are featured in the British Journal of General Practice's most read research articles of 2018.
Greater access to information reduces unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions
Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Research methods & EBM
24 January 2019
Are diagnostic tests cost-effective? Modified assessment checklist produced
Research methods & EBM
8 January 2019
A diagnostic test-specific checklist to assess decision modelling has been developed and piloted.
New Oxford Sparks podcast launched "Should I be a vegan?"
Health behaviours Public engagement & involvement
7 January 2019
In this episode of the Big Questions podcast, Dr Christina Potter in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences is asked "Should I be a vegan?"
New Year's Honours 2019
Awards & appointments
3 January 2019
Professor Richard Hobbs is appointed CBE for services to medical research, and receives the RCGP Discovery Prize.
Concerns raised as opioid prescriptions rise across UK
Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Research methods & EBM
21 December 2018
Researchers recommend greater action to promote best practice as a new study reveals a rise in prescriptions of opioids for treating chronic pain rise between 1998 and 2018.