From analogue to digital
Digital tools can extend the reach of overstretched services, but only if they work for the people using them and the systems delivering them. The ARC developed and evaluated digital interventions across mental health, weight management, social care, and outcome measurement – testing not just whether they work, but whether they work equitably, affordably, and at scale.
Healthcare AI has a trust problem – and patients with complex conditions are paying the price
A new end-to-end ecosystem for clinical AI – from data preparation to implementation – offers the NHS a reproducible blueprint for deploying trustworthy, human-centred tools for patients with multiple long-term conditions.
OxWell Student Survey: what 170,000 young people told us about their mental health
The 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.
ARTEMIS: a self-managed app that helps adults lose weight – without clinician input
The ARTEMIS app helped adults lose weight without any clinician input – and more than doubled the odds of clinically meaningful weight loss. A large trial shows it works safely, equitably, and at minimal cost.
Proving what works: how evaluation shaped a national programme
ARC OxTV's evaluation of England's digital weight management programme proved it cost-effective and equitable – directly influencing the 10 Year Health Plan commitment to double referrals, reaching 125,000 more people annually.
Keeping families together safely: six years of evidence on safeguarding reform
Six years of evidence on Oxfordshire's whole-family safeguarding reform. Children experienced fewer intensive interventions and shorter time in services – but only when key elements were delivered consistently. What worked, what didn't, and what comes next.
From clinical trial to community centre: getting proven rehabilitation into NHS practice
ARC 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 – cutting appointments and reaching underserved communities.
Helping anxious children by empowering their parents
A 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.
Transforming care planning for older adults in English care homes
Nearly 280,000 people in English care homes deserve person-centred care planning. ARC OxTV's inter-ARC research revealed why practice falls short – and produced free, co-designed tools now being used by care homes across England.
Evaluating innovation in adult social care
ARC OxTV researchers partnered with Oxfordshire County Council to evaluate digital technologies in care homes – from virtual reality for wellbeing to sensor-based falls detection – generating practical lessons for social care innovation.
Measuring what matters in forensic mental health – with patients, not just about them
The 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.
Self-harm hidden in clinical notes: can AI find it without the data leaving the NHS?
An AI model running entirely within NHS infrastructure accurately identified self-harm in mental health clinical notes – without sending patient data to external servers. Privacy and performance need not be a trade-off.
When pregnant women monitor their own blood pressure, care gets safer – but only if the system acts on the readings
ARC 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 – particularly for women from underserved communities.
Most NHS clinicians never get to test their best ideas – these ones did
The DEM-COMM fellowship programme built a national community of early-career dementia researchers across health economics, data science, and clinical medicine – producing publications, independent fellowships, and new approaches from AI to film.