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Expect long waits at A&E

03 January 2023

This article is from 3 January 2023 Expect long waits at Emergency Departments (A&E) at all hospitals in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West area. This includes our Emergency Departments at the John Radcliffe Hospital in…

Our Chair and CEO's Christmas message to OneTeamOneOUH

22 December 2022

Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery and Professor Meghana Pandit, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Oxford University Hospitals (OUH), have sent a personal message to staff this Christmas after a turbulent…

Genetic 'marker' linked to side-effects from skin cancer treatment found

19 December 2022

New research has identified a genetic marker that could be used to predict a patient's risk of developing serious side-effects when undergoing immunotherapy treatment for one of the most common…

OUH Chief Nursing Officer appointed to national role

19 December 2022

Sam Foster, Chief Nursing Officer at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH), has been appointed as Executive Director of Professional Practice with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) - she will take…

Update on industrial action

19 December 2022

This article is from Monday 19 December 2022 - the situation may change with time. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced that industrial action will take place at…

No benefit found in switching to citrate anticoagulation for ICU kidney injury treatment

16 December 2022

New research has found no added benefit of using citrate-based drugs in the treatment of acute kidney disease in intensive care, when compared to the anticoagulation drug heparin, despite their…

Oxford team aims to detect lung cancer early via a simple blood test

16 December 2022

A team of Oxford scientists and clinicians has launched a study to detect the early stages of lung cancer using a blood test and machine learning. The team from Oxford…

Study makes important finding on lumbar punctures in newborns

08 December 2022

Oxford researchers have found that lumbar puncture tests for newborn babies are more successful when the baby is held in a sitting position than when they lie on their side.…

Advice for parents about scarlet fever and Strep A

06 December 2022

This article is from 6 December 2022 - the situation may change with time The country is seeing a higher number of cases of scarlet fever this year. Scarlet fever is usually…

Still time for adults at risk from flu and COVID-19 to have their jabs

06 December 2022

This article is from 6 December 2022 - the situation may change with time The local NHS is reminding adults with long-term health conditions to have a free flu jab and COVID-19 booster before…