New 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.
\n \n\n \n \nARC OxTV research followed 5,400 older adults to develop a tool for spotting mobility decline early, proved that group rehabilitation improves mobility, and created free NHS training resources that support a shift towards community-based falls prevention.
\n \n\n \n \nThe FORUM gives forensic mental health patients a structured voice in their own care. Developed and digitised with ARC OxTV support, it is now licensed by 20 NHS Trusts and four international organisations.
\n \n\n \n \nThe BRIGHTNESS study asked Indian and Filipino health and social care workers in England what helps or hinders them in seeking mental health support \u2013 and produced 12 practical recommendations for policymakers and decision-makers.
\n \n\n \n \nAn AI model running entirely within NHS infrastructure accurately identified self-harm in mental health clinical notes \u2013 without sending patient data to external servers. Privacy and performance need not be a trade-off.
\n \n\n \n \nARC OxTV research shaped national guidelines for blood pressure self-monitoring in pregnancy and showed that combining monitoring with remote medication management could make care safer \u2013 particularly for women from underserved communities.
\n \n\n \n \nThe DEM-COMM fellowship programme built a national community of early-career dementia researchers across health economics, data science, and clinical medicine \u2013 producing publications, independent fellowships, and new approaches from AI to film.
\n \n\n \n \nARC OxTV's research internships and development awards gave frontline NHS clinicians the protected time and support to turn clinical questions into published research, new guidelines, and research careers.
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