26 September 2025
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford's Primary Care undergraduate medical education team has successfully hosted another group of Palestinian medical students as part of the innovative OxPal project, reinforcing the university's commitment to international medical education collaboration.
\n \n\n \n \n25 September 2025
\n \n \n \nAs part of the University\u2019s Meeting Minds alumni weekend, the Radcliffe Primary Care Building - home to the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS) - welcomed visitors on Sunday 21 September for four tours.
\n \n\n \n \n17 September 2025
\n \n \n \nThe Centre for Research Equity, hosted by the department, partners with Wales to tackle health inequalities through inclusive research. New three-year action plan aims to ensure research better reflects and benefits diverse communities.
\n \n\n \n \n17 September 2025
\n \n \n \nPeople with severe mental illness gain 4kg more weight than peers over 15 years but aren't offered more weight-management support, identifying crucial five-year intervention window.
\n \n\n \n \n10 September 2025
\n \n \n \nWe\u2019re now open for applications to most of our 2026 postgraduate courses, including DPhils, MScs, PGCerts and PGDips.
\n \n\n \n \n10 September 2025
\n \n \n \nA new article in The BMJ by Professor Kamal Mahtani (University of Oxford) and Dr Ruth Abrams (University of Surrey) argues that general practice must remain at the heart of NHS primary care reforms. The authors reflect on recent policies, including the NHS 10-Year Plan, and highlight the need for GPs to be actively involved in shaping reform implementation. They also introduce a new NIHR-funded research programme evaluating the impact of additional roles in general practice.
\n \n\n \n \n10 September 2025
\n \n \n \nA major new study led by researchers at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences has provided the most comprehensive analysis to date of the SCAN Pathway, a referral route which aims to accelerate and streamline cancer diagnosis for patients with symptoms that fall outside standard urgent referral guidelines.
\n \n\n \n \n29 August 2025
\n \n \n \nA wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) patch increases diagnosis of a common heart rhythm disorder, according to a study by researchers from Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and led by a team at Oxford Population Health.
\n \n\n \n \n21 August 2025
\n \n \n \nOxford\u2019s inaugural Summer Academy for the Social Science of Health Innovation (SASHI) brought together a global community of researchers, practitioners and policymakers for three days of learning, collaboration and critical reflection on the future of health innovation from 18-20 August 2025 at St Hilda\u2019s College.
\n \n\n \n \n12 August 2025
\n \n \n \nDepartment research finds weight-loss programmes raise natural-conception odds by 47% for women with obesity seeking IVF, potentially easing NHS access barriers and reducing treatment need.
\n \n\n \n \n8 August 2025
\n \n \n \nAfter winning the inaugural Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences (NDPCHS) alumni survey prize, Dr Daniel Adegoke, MSc Evidence-Based Health Care (2020), reflects on his time at Oxford and shares his journey from postgraduate study to pioneering trauma research.
\n \n\n \n \n4 August 2025
\n \n \n \nMilou Ottolini (left) and Dhanush Ammineni (right), both fifth-year medical students at the University of Oxford, have been named joint winners of the 2025 George Lewith Prize by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR).
\n \n\n \n \n28 July 2025
\n \n \n \nLord Hague, Chancellor of Oxford University, visited the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS) to explore how its research and teaching are addressing urgent health challenges in the UK and globally.
\n \n\n \n \n15 July 2025
\n \n \n \nMSc Applied Digital Health graduate Sintieh Nchinda Ngek Ekongefeyin leads new research published in BMJ Heart, mapping mobile health interventions for cardiovascular care across Africa and identifying key implementation barriers and opportunities.
\n \n\n \n \n15 July 2025
\n \n \n \nA Department Clinical Trials Unit coordinated trial has found most penicillin 'allergies' are not real. Safely removing these incorrect labels can lead to better patient treatment and is a vital step in tackling the global threat of antimicrobial resistance.
\n \n\n \n \n10 July 2025
\n \n \n \nEarlier this week we welcomed sixth form students from local state schools across Oxfordshire to an annual careers event, offering a window into the world of health and medical research and an opportunity to join our Young Persons\u2019 Advisory Group.
\n \n\n \n \n2 July 2025
\n \n \n \n2025 marks the second year that NDPCHS has held the Values Awards \u2013 a peer recognition scheme to recognise and reward staff and DPhil students who have exceptionally demonstrated the department values through their work, behaviour or projects and activities in the department.
\n \n\n \n \n27 June 2025
\n \n \n \nUK academics call for urgent action to protect the academic GP workforce as government commits \u00a329bn to shift NHS care from hospitals to community. New recommendations aim to safeguard world-leading primary care research.
\n \n\n \n \n27 June 2025
\n \n \n \nNew research from the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science examined the length of repeat prescriptions for long-term conditions across England. Without any national guidance, the length and frequency of prescriptions for five commonly treated long-term conditions varies widely, raising important questions about how to balance safety, convenience, cost and patient experience in repeat prescribing.
\n \n\n \n \n13 June 2025
\n \n \n \nThe almost overnight switch to remote GP appointments was expected to be a temporary measure in the early days of the pandemic, yet most surgeries are now using some level of hybrid care. New research from the Remote by Default 2 study explores how GP practices have engaged with and adapted to digital care, and how policymakers can best support GPs and the communities they serve.
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