OUH Latest News Headlines

First electronic retinas implanted in the UK

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Surgeons in Oxford are the first in the UK to successfully implant an electronic retina into the back of an eye....

Expansion of Newborn Intensive Care Unit approved

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust has agreed to invest £3.079 million of capital funding to expand the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. ...

New Renal Dialysis Unit opens at the Horton

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

First patients in the new renal dialysis unit for the Horton General Hospital....

Making an 'Olympic' effort!

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Four 'Olympic' hospital fundraisers have joined the Chief Executive of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust to kick-start the membership drive to become a Foundation Trust....

New children's menu makes a splash!

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Young patients at Oxford's Children's Hospital are now able to order their food from a new and exciting menu boasting a fun 'underwater' design. Specifically tailored for children, the new menu aims t...

John Radcliffe designated a Major Trauma Centre

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital has been designated as a major trauma centre as part of Government plans to consolidate trauma services into networks across the region....

Patients having minor surgery benefit from music

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Playing music in the operating theatre reduces anxiety and could improve healing time for the millions of patients who undergo operations under a local anaesthetic each year, a new study has found....

Can daily aspirin help prevent and treat cancer?

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A collection of three papers (two published in The Lancet and one in The Lancet Oncology) add to the growing evidence base suggesting that daily aspirin can be used to help prevent and possibly treat ...

Our Olympic Torch bearers

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Our hospital charity is celebrating after five hospital supporters have been selected to be Olympic Torch bearers....

Oxford University Hospitals re-launches its No Smoking Policy

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH) re-launched its No Smoking Policy on National No Smoking Day (Wednesday 14 March) in a bid to stamp out smoking across all four of its hospital sites. ...

New art installation enchants patients at Children's Hospital

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A new project by German photographer Jan von Holleben enchants staff and patients at the Oxford Children’s Hospital...

£2.8 million for expansion of JR's Newborn Intensive Care Unit

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

£2.8 million for expansion of Newborn Intensive Care Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford....

Genetic changes tracked as bacteria become a fatal infection

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

An unusual case could tell researchers more about the genetic changes that occur when a common bacteria, normally carried without any problems, on rare occasions causes potentially life-threatening in...

Experts call for better monitoring of knee replacement surgery

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Experts from Oxford have called for better monitoring of knee replacement surgery to improve outcomes for patients....

More funding for groundbreaking research in Oxford

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

£3.7 million, over five years, has been awarded to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust for facilities that will carry out research in areas such as communication impairments in children, social anxi...

Heart to Heart

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Nurses from the John Radcliffe Hospital got a Valentine's Day surprise, as DJ Toby Anstis set pulses racing when he visited the Cardiology Ward with a selection of cakes and Heart FM goodies....

Trust Chair to lead review into sharing of health information

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Chair of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust Dame Fiona Caldicott is to lead a Government review into confidentiality and the sharing of health and social care information....

Children's Hospital: five years old!

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Children's Hospital: five years old!...

Red Dignity Pegs make staff stop and think

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Staff at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) marked a national Dignity in Action Day on Wednesday 1 February 2012, by rolling out privacy and dignity clips across its hospital sites....

Oxford research sheds new light on C. difficile infection in hospitals

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

It has been a widely held belief that most C. difficile infections are spread in hospital from a case with active disease to other patients....