When care home residents become physically unwell, hospital admission is still the default \u2013 despite the harm it can cause. This research reveals what needs to change and where Hospital at Home is already working.
\n \n\n \n \nThe OxWell Student Survey has gathered responses from over 170,000 young people across England since 2019. Its data platform returns findings directly to schools and local authorities, driving changes to mental health support, school policies, and commissioning decisions.
\n \n\n \n \nThe ARTEMIS app helped adults lose weight without any clinician input \u2013 and more than doubled the odds of clinically meaningful weight loss. A large trial shows it works safely, equitably, and at minimal cost.
\n \n\n \n \nARC OxTV's evaluation of England's digital weight management programme proved it cost-effective and equitable \u2013 directly influencing the 10 Year Health Plan commitment to double referrals, reaching 125,000 more people annually.
\n \n\n \n \nSix years of evidence on Oxfordshire's whole-family safeguarding reform. Children experienced fewer intensive interventions and shorter time in services \u2013 but only when key elements were delivered consistently. What worked, what didn't, and what comes next.
\n \n\n \n \nARC OxTV researchers developed online training and digital tools to get proven rehabilitation programmes for rheumatoid arthritis, spinal stenosis, and shoulder problems into NHS practice faster \u2013 cutting appointments and reaching underserved communities.
\n \n\n \n \nA digital programme empowering parents to treat child anxiety reduced clinician time by 40% with equivalent outcomes. Now NICE-recommended and used by over 1,000 families, it is rolling out across the NHS and internationally.
\n \n\n \n \nNew research quantifies the NHS costs of childhood overweight and obesity at \u00a3270 million per year and identifies critical windows for early intervention \u2013 strengthening the economic case for prevention in England.
\n \n\n \n \nOxford researchers are working with Thames Valley ICB leaders to build evidence-based tools for commissioning decisions \u2013 helping allocate a \u00a35.6 billion health budget more effectively for 2.5 million people.
\n \n\n \n \nHow Oxfordshire County Council and University of Oxford researchers turned routine safeguarding data into decision-ready insight \u2013 revealing where need concentrates, what drives escalation, and how to target Family Hubs and early help more effectively.
\n \n\n \n \nHow a dedicated research role within Oxfordshire County Council \u2013 supported by ARC OxTV \u2013 built governance, workforce skills, practitioner funding, and university partnerships to embed evidence-based practice across children's and adults' social care.
\n \n\n \n \nEqual Start Oxford trains local women as maternity advocates to support migrant mothers in East Oxford through pregnancy and early parenthood \u2013 bridging language, cultural, and access barriers that statutory services alone cannot reach. Now featured in national NHS England guidance.
\n \n\n \n \nBLACK-ARTS explored whether creative arts therapies \u2013 music, drama, visual art \u2013 can provide mental health support that works better for Black young people in England. Findings from NHS focus groups, national survey data, a global meta-analysis, and a community music pilot point to a promising alternative to standard talking therapies.
\n \n\n \n \nResearchers worked with Oxfordshire County Council to map geographic inequalities in children's social care referrals and identify the factors that drive escalation \u2013 evidence now shaping where the county locates its new Family Hubs.
\n \n\n \n \nThe NHS mandates a quality of life measure in community mental health services \u2013 but it doesn't work for people with learning disabilities. ARC OxTV researchers are co-producing an inclusive alternative ahead of universal outcome collection in 2029.
\n \n\n \n \nA public research partner and an Oxford academic tested Moodscope cards as an accessible, engaging alternative to standard questionnaires \u2013 helping community organisations supporting families affected by parental imprisonment demonstrate their impact.
\n \n\n \n \nResearch from the Oxford Brain Health Clinic reveals that 84% of memory clinic patients experience neuropsychiatric symptoms at assessment \u2013 including those without a dementia diagnosis. The findings highlight substantial unmet needs in current memory services.
\n \n\n \n \nNearly 280,000 people in English care homes deserve person-centred care planning. ARC OxTV's inter-ARC research revealed why practice falls short \u2013 and produced free, co-designed tools now being used by care homes across England.
\n \n\n \n \nARC OxTV researchers partnered with Oxfordshire County Council to evaluate digital technologies in care homes \u2013 from virtual reality for wellbeing to sensor-based falls detection \u2013 generating practical lessons for social care innovation.
\n \n\n \n \nARC OxTV researchers are evaluating whether integrated neighbourhood teams for frailty reduce hospital stays and costs across Oxfordshire, building the evidence commissioners need to make confident investment decisions.
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