All 12 memory clinics for dementia patients in the Oxford AHSN region have achieved a national ‘gold standard’ quality benchmark. It means thousands of people with dementia and their carers now get accredited care wherever they live in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire. The Oxford AHSN appointed an experienced memory clinic nurse Maureen Cundell […]
New standard measures aimed at improving care for thousands of patients living with a long-term condition have been developed by an international collaboration including the Oxford Academic Health Science Network. Since 2015 the Oxford AHSN has been working with the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measures (ICHOM) to develop a ‘Standard Set’ of clinical outcomes […]
Almost 10,000 UK stroke patients a year could benefit from a new procedure, according to research presented today by the Oxford Academic Health Science Network and partners at the UK Stroke Forum Conference in Liverpool. Stroke is a serious, life-threatening and often debilitating condition which can have a devastating impact on patients and their families. In […]
The Oxford Academic Health Science Network (Oxford AHSN) supports a new national report which has clear recommendations to the UK government on reforms to speed up patients’ access to innovative medicines, technologies and products. The Accelerated Access Review (AAR) aims to make the UK the best place in the world to design, develop and deliver healthcare […]
Pioneering work in the field of drug discovery earned the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) the 2016 Oxford Academic Health Science Network (Oxford AHSN) collaboration award. Prof Chas Bountra, Director of SGC Oxford, received the prize at the OBN Awards dinner in Oxford Town Hall this evening (Thursday 6 October). Prof Bountra was joined by […]
Dozens of healthcare innovators pitched their ideas to a ‘Dragon’s Den’-style panel at Oxford’s new digital health hub. The best six will now be tested further to see if they can bring real benefits to the NHS. In total 38 people outlined their proposals to harness digital innovation for better healthcare in front of the […]
The Oxford Academic Health Science Network supported a major event which focused on how world-class work at Harwell and the wider life sciences cluster can lead to improvements in healthcare. Major Tim Peake, pictured right, spoke about his time on the International Space Station during the event at Harwell Campus on 21 September. He said: “Keeping […]
A new campaign is under way to help patients make best use of their prescription medicines. Hundreds of GPs and community pharmacists across Berkshire and Oxfordshire are backing the ‘Open up about medicines’ initiative. Campaign coordinator Lindsey Roberts said: “There are two main messages for patients. Firstly, we want them to open up their medicines […]
The University of Oxford and local NHS partners have won £126.5 million to support medical research. The money, from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), includes £113.7 million for the existing University of Oxford/Oxford University Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and £12.8 million for a new Biomedical Research Centre specialising in mental health and dementia, […]
The vast majority of Oxford Academic Health Science Network stakeholders believe it is having a positive impact in the region. Four in five (80%) of the 563 respondents in an independent survey of Oxford AHSN partners, carried out by the leading research consultancy ComRes, agreed that the network is building a culture of collaboration and […]