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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.

When hospital is the problem: building the economic case for treating eating disorders at home

Hospital admission for adolescent eating disorders can disrupt recovery. ARC OxTV is building the economic evidence for Hospital at Home – an intensive community-based alternative developed in the Thames Valley.

England expanded children's mental health services – but disadvantaged young people are still being turned away

Analysis of nearly 33,000 pupils in the OxWell Student Survey reveals that children from disadvantaged and minority ethnic backgrounds are more likely to be denied mental health support and less likely to find it helpful.

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.

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.

Counting the cost of childhood excess weight

New research quantifies the NHS costs of childhood overweight and obesity at £270 million per year and identifies critical windows for early intervention – strengthening the economic case for prevention in England.

Helping the Thames Valley ICB spend £5.6 billion more wisely

Oxford researchers are working with Thames Valley ICB leaders to build evidence-based tools for commissioning decisions – helping allocate a £5.6 billion health budget more effectively for 2.5 million people.

What happens when a local authority gets its own research lead

How a dedicated research role within Oxfordshire County Council – supported by ARC OxTV – built governance, workforce skills, practitioner funding, and university partnerships to embed evidence-based practice across children's and adults' social care.

Mapping where children's social care falls short – and where to act first

Researchers worked with Oxfordshire County Council to map geographic inequalities in children's social care referrals and identify the factors that drive escalation – evidence now shaping where the county locates its new Family Hubs.

Evaluating integrated neighbourhood teams: building the evidence commissioners need

ARC 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.

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.

Building a new generation of dementia researchers – from health economics to film

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.

Most NHS clinicians never get to test their best ideas – these ones did

ARC 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.