2 March 2026
\n \n \n \nNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences announces International Advisory Board to advance its Strategy 2025\u20132030 and global collaboration
\n \n\n \n \n26 February 2026
\n \n \n \nAdvice on how general practice staff should talk to adult patients about behaviour change is common, but new research from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences found that this behaviour-change communication guidance for general practice is rarely clearly substantiated with relevant evidence.
\n \n\n \n \n23 February 2026
\n \n \n \nThe latest event in our Guest Lecture series welcomed Professor Sarah Stock, Programme Director of In Utero at Wellcome Leap, who delivered a compelling talk titled Breakthroughs in Women\u2019s Health.
\n \n\n \n \n19 February 2026
\n \n \n \nResearch using the Bennett Institute's OpenSAFELY platform shows autumn 2022 boosters significantly reduced severe outcomes in over-50s
\n \n\n \n \n17 February 2026
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to prize-winners and recent MSc in THS graduates Amaani Khan (left) and Stephanie Fraser (right) who\u2019ve won this year\u2019s awards for \u2018Outstanding MSc Dissertation in Translational Health Sciences\u2019.
\n \n\n \n \n11 February 2026
\n \n \n \nNew research finds people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage are more likely to smoke, more addicted, and less likely to attempt to quit \u2013 a pattern that holds across different types of disadvantage.
\n \n\n \n \n9 February 2026
\n \n \n \nMillions of people are now turning to AI chatbots for answers about their health \u2014 but a major new study warns this trust may be misplaced. The largest user study to date examining how large language models (LLMs) support real people making medical decisions finds that these systems can provide inaccurate, inconsistent, and potentially dangerous advice when users seek help with their own symptoms.
\n \n\n \n \n30 January 2026
\n \n \n \nHormone replacement therapy (HRT) is one of the most effective treatments for menopausal symptoms, yet a major new international study led by researchers from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences suggests that access to it is far from equal.
\n \n\n \n \n29 January 2026
\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences is pleased to welcome Louise Jordan, Head of NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care Policy at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), as an OPEN Fellow.
\n \n\n \n \n26 January 2026
\n \n \n \nA new study led by researchers in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences has found that if the UK food industry had met the government\u2019s voluntary 2024 salt reduction targets, substantial improvements could have been made in cardiovascular health, leading to major savings for the NHS - all without the public having to change their eating habits.
\n \n\n \n \n23 January 2026
\n \n \n \nCentrally imposed systems for booking GP appointments and the effort needed to keep them working to improve access for patients is having the opposite effect, according to new research led by the Universities of Oxford and Southampton.
\n \n\n \n \n7 January 2026
\n \n \n \nPeople tend to regain weight rapidly after stopping weight-loss drugs \u2013 and faster than after ending behavioural weight loss programmes \u2013 according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis from department researchers, funded by the NIHR, published in The BMJ today.
\n \n\n \n \n6 January 2026
\n \n \n \nThe Primary Care Medical Education team within the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences has received international recognition for its leadership in sustainable medical education, achieving Sustainable Quality Improvement Beacon Site Status from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.
\n \n\n \n \n6 January 2026
\n \n \n \nA new study is the first to link daily temperature data to health-care use and costs across primary and secondary care in England. Analysis of 4.37 million patient records in England has found resources asymmetrically impacted by winter cold and summer heat, with about 64% linked to common cold days while very hot days drive sharp same-day demand surges.
\n \n\n \n \n12 December 2025
\n \n \n \nGP tutors from across the region gathered at St Hilda\u2019s College for the 2025 Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences GP Tutors Conference, exploring how connected practice can support flourishing and innovation in primary care education.
\n \n\n \n \n8 December 2025
\n \n \n \nDr Stuart Faulkner represented the Chevening Health Reform Fellowship at the inaugural Chevening Health Research Forum (CHERF) in China, an event jointly hosted by the UK government, the University of Oxford, and the British Chamber of Commerce in China. The forum brought together leading academics and policy specialists to strengthen UK\u2013China collaboration on health reform and showcase research supported by the Fellowship Programme.
\n \n\n \n \n4 December 2025
\n \n \n \nA major new study has shown that the risk of hospital admissions for young babies with serious respiratory infections reduced by more than 80% in Scotland following a new maternal vaccination programme against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
\n \n\n \n \n3 December 2025
\n \n \n \nMSc in Applied Digital Health alumnus Dr James Leigh, now a DPhil candidate in Translational Health Sciences, has published his MSc dissertation in Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, offering important evidence on the cost-effectiveness of AI-enabled diabetic retinopathy screening at a time when health systems worldwide are evaluating the role of AI in frontline care.
\n \n\n \n \n28 November 2025
\n \n \n \nSenior Researcher Dr Joanna Crocker appointed Chief Scientific Advisor to lead community-engaged research tackling health inequalities in Oxfordshire.
\n \n\n \n \n27 November 2025
\n \n \n \nA new international study, undertaken while senior author Professor Igor Rudan was on a sabbatical in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, has brought together data from around the world to understand how common high blood pressure is in children and teenagers.
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