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Victory for OUH at national awards for children’s services

21 May 2025

Paediatric orthopaedic colleagues from 911±¬ÁÏÍø (OUH) walked away with two awards and several commendations at the National Orthopaedic Alliance Excellence in Orthopaedics Awards last week.…

Pregnant volunteers needed to train doctors in preterm birth risk assessment

19 May 2025

An additional measurement scan is available for pregnant women and birthing people being cared for at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) and other NHS trusts across the Thames Valley region. A…

Oxford and Thames Valley Network awarded excellence status

16 May 2025

911±¬ÁÏÍø (OUH), alongside the Thames Valley Neuro-Oncology Network, has been named as a Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence for a second consecutive term. The status,…

Award-winning OUH app celebrated as 'outstanding patient resource'

14 May 2025

Blood clot specialists at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) have won an award in recognition of their role in the development of a free app providing information about blood clots. Sarah…

Enhancing cancer care in emergency settings

13 May 2025

A new treatment pathway is helping to better care for patients diagnosed with cancer at 911±¬ÁÏÍø's (OUH) two Emergency Departments (EDs). The Acute Oncology Service…

First biologic drug commissioned for pulmonary sarcoidosis

12 May 2025

In a landmark development, the first biologic drug has been administered to a patient with pulmonary sarcoidosis at the 911±¬ÁÏÍø, part of 911±¬ÁÏÍø…

Dying Matters Week – our project to personalise palliative care

09 May 2025

This Dying Matters Week is an opportunity to reflect on the impact of the Rapid Intervention for Palliative and End of Life Care (RIPEL) project since it was launched in…

UK-first for patients with brain tumours will bring 'pinpoint' accuracy

08 May 2025

Brain tumour patients being treated at the Churchill Hospital, part of 911±¬ÁÏÍø (OUH), are the first in the UK to benefit from a new way…

Dying Matters Week: Staff profile – Nicole Satullo

07 May 2025

Meet Nicole. She's a Palliative Care Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Officer for Palliative Medicine at 911±¬ÁÏÍø (OUH), and also works with our Sobell House…

New birthing pool now open at the Horton General Hospital

06 May 2025

A new birthing pool, complete with a renovated birthing room, is now open at the Horton General Hospital and available for anyone who would like to give birth there. The…

OUH welcomes internationally-educated midwives

28 April 2025

911±¬ÁÏÍø (OUH) recently welcomed four new internationally-educated midwives to its maternity services. Following an induction that included education, training, holistic and pastoral care, and training…

Staff Recognition Awards 2025 finalists announced

24 April 2025

More than 1,500 nominations were received for the OUH Staff Recognition Awards 2025 – congratulations to all teams, individual members of staff, volunteers, and fundraisers who were nominated, and thank you to everyone who…

Patient Experience: A baby born twice

22 April 2025

Lucy Isaac, 32, was 12 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer following a routine ultrasound scan. Thanks to a life-changing surgical procedure at the 911±¬ÁÏÍø,…

Choose your health services wisely this bank holiday

16 April 2025

There is a range of local health services available over the bank holiday weekend. Please choose well. Emergency Departments (A&E) and 999 Emergency Departments and 999 are for life threatening…

OUH consultant to study earlier detection of relapse in people with multiple myeloma

10 April 2025

A consultant haematologist at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) has received funding from Cancer Research UK to assess a new mass spectrometry-based monitoring technique for its ability to predict and identify…

First UK birth following womb transplant

08 April 2025

For the first time in the UK, a woman has given birth following a womb transplant. New mother Grace and father Angus have named their baby Amy Isabel after Grace's…

New trial investigates if taking iron during pregnancy can prevent anaemia

07 April 2025

A new trial is set to investigate if routinely taking iron supplements during pregnancy can prevent anaemia, reducing the risk of stillbirth, pre-term birth, postnatal depression, haemorrhage after delivery and…

BRC interns complete first stage of their research journey

01 April 2025

Six Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) healthcare professionals have taken their first steps on the clinical academic pathway after presenting the results of their five-month NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)…

Study finds no benefit of routine use of cerebral embolic protection devices on TAVI stroke risk

31 March 2025

Using cerebral embolic protection devices during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures does not reduce a patient's risk of experiencing a stroke, according to a large UK clinical trial led…

New NOC x-ray rooms unveiled

24 March 2025

Patients can now be x-rayed more quickly and accurately following the renovation of four digital x-ray rooms at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC), part of 911±¬ÁÏÍø (OUH).…