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Organ Donation Week 2022 - Sharing the Gift of Life

26 September 2022

Organ donation is when someone decides to give their organs to save or transform the life of someone else. While some organs can be donated when the person is alive,…

NHS Staff Survey 2022 launched at OUH

26 September 2022

All staff working at Oxford University Hospitals are being encouraged to have their say and make their voices heard by taking part in this year's NHS Staff Survey which was…

Update from OUH on hospital services on Monday 19 September

13 September 2022

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust would like to reassure residents in Oxfordshire that we will continue to run emergency and urgent care services on the additional bank holiday that…

Trust saddened by the death of Her Majesty The Queen

09 September 2022

Statement from the Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Oxford University Hospitals It is with great sadness that we note the death of Her Majesty The Queen. We are sure many…

OUH clinical staff awarded funding for research skills training

07 September 2022

Thirteen Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and research practitioners have received funding to develop skills that will support them to research new and improved ways of…

Study raises hope of pre-school type 1 diabetes screening programme

06 September 2022

Researchers in Oxford have launched the first UK study in the general population to test for early markers of type 1 diabetes before children develop symptoms or need insulin. The…

OUH nurse researcher gets award for further study

06 September 2022

A Clinical Academic Nurse Researcher at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) has been given an award by the British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) to continue her research exploring how to…

Horton awarded for commitment to patient safety by National Joint Registry

01 September 2022

Horton General Hospital in Banbury, part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been named as a National Joint Registry (NJR) Quality Data Provider after successfully completing a national…

Annual Public Meeting - Thursday 22 September

30 August 2022

OUH Annual Public Meeting, incorporating the Annual Members Meeting Members of the public, patients and staff at Oxford University Hospitals are invited to attend the Oxford University Hospitals Annual Public…

Keeping well over the Bank Holiday weekend

25 August 2022

There is a range of local health services available over this August bank holiday weekend across Oxfordshire for anyone who needs them. Lily O'Connor, Director of Urgent Care for Oxfordshire,…

A special thank you for our 'excellent' Switchboard Team

23 August 2022

Oxford University Hospitals' Chief Executive Officer, Professor Meghana Pandit, took time out of her busy day on Tuesday 23 August 2022 to visit the Trust's hard-working Switchboard Team. These are…

Ukrainian athlete living in Abingdon to participate in 2022 European Transplant and Dialysis Games

22 August 2022

Maksym Shuhla, a Ukrainian from Kiev, who arrived in the UK in April 2022 after fleeing the conflict in Ukraine will be participating in the European Transplant and Dialysis Games.…

Order repeat prescriptions in time for holiday weekend

17 August 2022

Patients across Oxfordshire are reminded to order repeat prescriptions in plenty of time for the August Bank Holiday weekend. Over the bank holiday, many community pharmacies and all GP surgeries…

Help us to help you by staying safe in hot weather

10 August 2022

People in Oxfordshire are urged to take care as temperatures increase again across the UK following a heatwave a few weeks ago. The main risks posed by hot weather are:…

OUH shortlisted for the HSJ Awards 2022

08 August 2022

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is in the running for a prestigious HSJ Award after being named as a finalist for the Freedom to Speak Up Award. Efforts…

OUH welcomes Kenyan recruits

04 August 2022

Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) has become the first NHS Trust to welcome Kenyan nurses as part of a bilateral agreement between the UK and Kenya governments. Thirteen nurses joined OUH…

£1.2M award to improve diagnosis of emergency spinal condition

04 August 2022

The National Institute for Health and Care Research has awarded an Advanced Fellowship to Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) Emergency Medicine doctor David Metcalfe to study the diagnosis of the spinal condition cauda…

More than 29,500 volunteer for Oxfordshire research

02 August 2022

New figures show that more than 29,500 participants volunteered for health research studies supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network in Oxfordshire last…

President of Malta visits Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

02 August 2022

President of Malta, His Excellency Dr George Vella, visited the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford on Friday 29 July 2022 to see first-hand the excellent surgery and treatment Maltese citizens…

Oxford University Hospitals Women's Centre celebrates its Golden Jubilee

28 July 2022

"The last minute rushes are over… so are the trial runs…the detailed planning…and the worries of the 11th hour problems. At 8am on July 3, the John Radcliffe Hospital maternity block…