Cookies on this website

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click 'Accept all cookies' we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you won't see this message again. If you click 'Reject all non-essential cookies' only necessary cookies providing core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility will be enabled. Click 'Find out more' for information on how to change your cookie settings.

Accept all cookies Reject all non-essential cookies Find out more

Search results

Found 20036 matches for

We lead multidisciplinary applied research and training to rethink the way health care is delivered in general practice and across the community.

Nicotine replacement therapy more successful in combination form

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

Department welcomes incoming professors

Many recurrent testicular tumours “missed” by current diagnostic markers

Urgent need for guidelines to communicate with children about life threatening conditions

Grant application departmental deadlines

Brexit will cause significant harm to the NHS, but No-Deal Brexit presents by far the worst option

Low calorie meal replacements are a cost-effective routine treatment for obesity in the NHS

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

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

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

Does general practice get a bad press?

Are diagnostic tests cost-effective? Modified assessment checklist produced

A diagnostic test-specific checklist to assess decision modelling has been developed and piloted.

New Oxford Sparks podcast launched "Should I be a vegan?"

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

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

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.

Harmful placebos?

Undergraduate students present at national showcase

Oxford-led DROPLET study informs NHS action to tackle obesity and type 2 diabetes

Hundreds of thousands of people will receive help to battle obesity and Type 2 diabetes under radical new NHS plans to trial very low calorie diets for the first time.

Number of diagnostic tests ordered by GPs rises more than threefold in 15 years

Tests ordered by GPs now cost the NHS at least £2.8bn per year, finds Oxford University-led study.

Load More