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Decolonising Global Health event, 26 March 2026

NDPCHS Decolonising Global Health event: Reflecting on a year of dialogue and charting the path ahead

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E-cigarettes more effective than other smoking cessation aids, new review finds

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NDPCHS hosts first Annual Showcase and Lecture at the Oxford Union

University of Oxford receives further £2m gift from Fondation Docteur Sadok Besrour to strengthen academic primary care in Tunisia

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NDPCHS Alumni Retreat 2026 explores AI and the future of global healthcare

The NDPCHS Alumni Retreat 2026 brought together alumni, students and faculty from across the Department’s programmes for four days of learning, collaboration and connection – highlighting the vital role of community in shaping the future of healthcare in an era of rapid technological change.

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Simple menu tweak boosts vegetarian choices and cuts carbon, study finds

A simple low-cost change to workplace cafeteria menus can significantly increase vegetarian meal sales, reducing the environmental impact and calorie content of food sold, according to a new trial from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.

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New Oxford-led study set to evaluate multi-cancer blood tests in GP practices for earlier diagnosis

In an advance for early cancer detection, a new Oxford-led study has received £3.6 million from the National Institute of Health and Care Research to evaluate breakthrough multi-cancer tests in NHS general practices.

Decolonising Global Health event, 26 March 2026

NDPCHS Decolonising Global Health event: Reflecting on a year of dialogue and charting the path ahead

The Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS) marked the culmination of its 2025 Decolonising Global Health blog series with an internal multi-session event bringing together contributors and students.

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E-cigarettes more effective than other smoking cessation aids, new review finds

A new review published today suggests that nicotine-containing e-cigarettes may help more people stop smoking than other commonly used approaches, including nicotine replacement therapy, non-nicotine e-cigarettes, and behavioural support alone.

Collage of images of people attending and speaking at the annual showcase and lecture 2026

NDPCHS hosts first Annual Showcase and Lecture at the Oxford Union

Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS) hosted its first Annual Showcase and Lecture at the Oxford Union, bringing together leading voices in primary care research, education and global health innovation, including a keynote address by Lord Vallance.

University of Oxford receives further £2m gift from Fondation Docteur Sadok Besrour to strengthen academic primary care in Tunisia

New investment at Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences will support academic leadership, research capacity and training in Tunisia

OpenSAFELY opens up: Secure NHS data platform that shaped COVID shielding policy now open for all health research

The OpenSAFELY platform – which analysed 17 million patient records during the pandemic and shaped national shielding policy – is now accepting applications for health research beyond COVID-19 for the first time. Applications close 30 April 2026.

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Launching a new academic collaboration to advance evidence-based healthcare in Egypt

Oxford’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM), University of Oxford and New Giza University Hospital (NGUH) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Oxford-Egypt Evidence-Based Healthcare (EBHC) Alliance, a new academic collaboration dedicated to strengthening evidence-based healthcare education, research, and practice in Egypt.

Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences designated as the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Primary Health Care

We are delighted to announce that the World Health Organization (WHO) has designated the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford as the WHO Collaborating Centre on Primary Health Care.

International Women’s Day 2026: Department researchers contribute to landmark report on menstrual health

To mark International Women’s Day 2026, we’re pleased to highlighting the contributions of two of our researchers to a major new Parliamentary report on menstrual health.

Department team designated as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Promotion of Healthy and Sustainable Diets

We’re pleased to announce that the World Health Organization (WHO) has designated a new WHO Collaborating Centre for the Promotion of Healthy and Sustainable Diets, recognising the work of the Sustainable Healthy Food Group at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.

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Oxford joins new West Africa consortium to accelerate climate and health solutions

Researchers from the University of Oxford have joined African universities and regional experts who are working with Wellcome to establish new science and policy consortiums that will address the escalating public health crisis driven by climate change - saving lives and livelihoods.

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British children are growing taller but not for the right reasons

New research from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences challenges recent reports suggesting children in Britain are getting shorter to reveal that average child height has actually increased over the past two decades.

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International Advisory Board to strengthen global leadership in primary care

Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences announces International Advisory Board to advance its Strategy 2025–2030 and global collaboration

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New study questions the evidence behind behaviour-change communication guidance for GPs

Advice 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.

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Guest Lecture series: Highlighting breakthroughs in Women’s Health and stillbirth prevention

The 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’s Health.

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COVID-19 booster vaccines halved risk of hospitalisation and death, OpenSAFELY study finds

Research using the Bennett Institute's OpenSAFELY platform shows autumn 2022 boosters significantly reduced severe outcomes in over-50s

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Amaani Khan and Stephanie Fraser win MSc in Translational Health Sciences outstanding dissertation award

Congratulations to prize-winners and recent MSc in THS graduates Amaani Khan (left) and Stephanie Fraser (right) who’ve won this year’s awards for ‘Outstanding MSc Dissertation in Translational Health Sciences’.

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Smoking remains stubbornly higher among disadvantaged groups, new research confirms

New research finds people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage are more likely to smoke, more addicted, and less likely to attempt to quit – a pattern that holds across different types of disadvantage.

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