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Research and education improving how healthcare is delivered in the community. From clinical trials and data science to digital health and disease prevention – at the University of Oxford.

£9 million investment for health and social care research across Oxford and the Thames Valley

Head of Department Professor Richard Hobbs announced as Director of the new NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley.

Gold Award for Primary Care at Sustainability Showcase

Doctors should offer structured weight loss programmes as treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Doctors should offer structured weight loss programmes to patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease finds new research led by the University of Oxford.

Reducing the global burden of atrial fibrillation through prevention of weight gain

Preventing weight gain could be an important strategy in reducing the global burden of atrial fibrillation, suggests a new study by researchers from the University of Oxford published in the journal, Heart. Nick Jones, study author, explains the findings.

Meet your 'Meat Persona'

University of Oxford researchers will be at Oxford’s Westgate Shopping Centre from Monday 24th to Sunday 30th June and they want you to Meat Your Persona.

Online shopping interventions may help customers buy healthier foods

Altering the default order in which foods are shown on the screen, or offering substitutes lower in saturated fat could help customers make healthier choices when shopping for food online, new research finds.

Only one in five doctors aware of patient feedback about their care online, survey reveals

Leeds becomes first UK city to reduce obesity in children living in the most deprived areas

New part-time working guidelines launch for managers and staff

Nicotine replacement therapy more successful in combination form

New Cochrane Review investigates the effectiveness of different forms of nicotine replacement therapy in helping people give up smoking

Achieving sugar reduction targets could cut child obesity and healthcare costs

Department welcomes incoming professors

Many recurrent testicular tumours “missed” by current diagnostic markers

Urgent need for guidelines to communicate with children about life threatening conditions

Grant application departmental deadlines

Brexit will cause significant harm to the NHS, but No-Deal Brexit presents by far the worst option

Low calorie meal replacements are a cost-effective routine treatment for obesity in the NHS

Replacing all regular meals with a low calorie diet of soups, shakes and bars, together with behavioural support, is cost-effective as a routine treatment for obesity

Only “modest” improvement in heart failure survival rates since 2000

Research led by Dr Clare Taylor and Professor Richard Hobbs finds that survival after a diagnosis of heart failure in the United Kingdom has shown only modest improvement in the 21st century and lags behind other serious conditions, such as cancer, in a large study published by The BMJ today.

Department research in BJGP's most read articles of 2018

Two publications from the Department's cancer diagnostics researchers are featured in the British Journal of General Practice's most read research articles of 2018.

Greater access to information reduces unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions

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