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Rethinking community healthcare through research, education, and innovation. The Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, is a world-renowned centre for academic primary care. https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/
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Ready to take the next step in your career?

Join our MSc in Applied Digital Health online webinar and meet course tutors and alumni. Hear first-hand what studying the course is like and how it can help shape your future in healthcare.

🗓️ Tuesday 14 October, 2-3pm (UK time)

Register: bit.ly/42v6T2w
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How can we fix the food system? 🍎

Our Health Behaviours team is using an innovative new interactive game – The Mayor of Mancunia – to explore tough choices about food, health and climate with the public as part of the SHIFT project. Now open at Manchester Museum.

Find out more about the project 👇
Shaping a healthier food system
Researchers in our Health Behaviours team are using an interactive digital game to involve the public in discussions about how to fix the food system.
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How can health leaders build climate-resilient, low-carbon healthcare? 🌍

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership students Dr Bhavini Gohel & Sara Turcotte share how their learning on the course is shaping their approach in Canada.

Read their reflections ⬇️

#ClimateHealth #HealthcareLeadership
Leveraging collaboration and systems thinking to build a climate-resilient health system in Canada
In this blog, MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership students Dr Bhavini Gohel and Sara Turcotte draw on their learning from the programme to explore how collaboration and systems thinking can drive clim...
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Our guest lecture series continued today with discussions on continuity of care in general practice from the pioneering St Leonard's Practice team, @stleonardsresearch.bsky.social.

Huge thanks to Prof Sir Denis Pereira Gray, Prof Philip Evans, @nadakhan.bsky.social & @katesidawaylee.bsky.social 🙌

Professor Sir Denis Pereira Gray presenting Dr Kate Sidaway-Lee presenting Professor Philip Evans presenting
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For Meeting Minds alumni weekend, we welcomed alumni and community for tours of the Radcliffe Primary Care Building, once home to Radcliffe Infirmary Outpatients' Dept. Displays of artefacts & research brought past & present together, with support from volunteer staff, students & our local partners.
From Outpatients’ Building to Global Primary Care: Alumni and community tours celebrate the building’s history
As part of the University’s Meeting Minds alumni weekend, the Radcliffe Primary Care Building - home to the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS) - welcomed visitors on Sunday 2...
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Black African women are almost 6x less likely to get HRT than white women in England – and women in the most deprived areas are half as likely as those in the most affluent.

Major Oxford study of 2m women reveals stark inequalities in menopause care.

From @drjenny-hirst.bsky.social and team
Major study reveals stark HRT inequalities across England
Women from Black African backgrounds almost six times less likely to receive hormone replacement therapy than white women, new department-led research finds
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Our undergraduate medical education team recently hosted Palestinian medical students via the OxPal project! 🩺

Students practiced clinical communication, discussed cross-cultural differences and what it means to be a good doctor.

Thank you to the Clinical Communication Skills team for leading!
Oxford Medical School hosts Palestinian students through OxPal Initiative
The University of Oxford's Primary Care undergraduate medical education team has successfully hosted another group of Palestinian medical students as part of the innovative OxPal project, reinforcing ...
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In the September edition of our Decolonising Global Health blog series, MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership student Maju Brunette reflects on her journey as Section Editor for Oxford University Press' new Oxford Intersections Gender & Justice Project. ⚖️

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#GenderEquity #HealthJustice
Deconstructing gender health equity: Exploring complexities and intersections from within
In the September edition of our 12-part Decolonising Global Health series, MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership student Maju Brunette returns to share her recent journey becoming the Gender & Health se...
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New research reveals crucial insights into weight gain in people with severe mental illness – a overlooked health challenge affecting millions.

Understanding these patterns could transform how we support mental and physical health together.

#MentalHealth #HealthResearch #Oxford
People with severe mental illness gain three times as much weight as peers, yet weight-management referrals do not increase
People with severe mental illness gain 4kg more weight than peers over 15 years but aren't offered more weight-management support, identifying crucial five-year intervention window.
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Kicking off this autumn’s NDPCHS Guest Lecture Series,
Prof. Sandra Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social (UCL) delivered an insightful talk, ‘Doctor AI will see you now – how AI is transforming medical education’.

A lively discussion followed, chaired by Prof. Sophie Park!
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📣We are delighted to announce our new EBHC Africa Scholarship, to be awarded to a student starting an EBHC Master’s programme in 2026.

A ‘course-fees only’ scholarship for applicants from specific Lower Middle Income African countries.

Find out more:
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/about/ebhc-a...
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Applications are now open to 2026 PG programmes including:

• DPhils in Evidence-Based Health Care, Primary Care and Translational Health Sciences

• Master’s in Applied Digital Health, Evidence-Based Health Care and Translational Health Sciences.

Apply now for autumn 2026:
www.phc.ox.ac.uk/study
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The authors argue general practice is not a legacy model - continuity, clinical autonomy & patient relationships remain vital to effective care. They call for meaningful involvement of GPs in shaping reforms, not just delivering them.
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That's a wrap on the first Summer Academy for the Social Science of Health Innovation! 🎉

Congrats to all who made this event possible – the MSc in Translational Health Sciences programme team, organising committee and our partners, Dasman Diabetes Institute and the Gates Foundation.

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Oxford hosts first Summer Academy for the Social Science of Health Innovation, led by MSc Translational Health Sciences programme team
Oxford’s inaugural Summer Academy for the Social Science of Health Innovation (SASHI) brought together a global community of researchers, practitioners and policymakers for three days of learning, col...
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The Summer Academy for the Social Science of Health Innovation (SASHI) is underway! 🎉

Prof Sir Aziz Sheikh delivered an inspiring welcome session yesterday, highlighting the global nature of SASHI and the value of learning from diverse perspectives.

An inspiring start! More updates to come.
People signing in and chatting at a registration desk during the Translational Health Sciences Summer Academy. Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh smiling and talking at the Translational Health Sciences Summer Academy. Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh at a podium addressing an audience in a lecture hall, with a welcome slide projected on screen.