The role of medical support workers during the Covid-19 pandemic in the National Health Service in the UK: a qualitative service evaluation at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust by Chakma, S, Wang, H, English, M, Namedre, M, Hill, E, Nagraj, S

“…We conducted a service evaluation of the Medical Support Worker (MSW) role at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust following the COVID-19 pandemic. …”

Enhancing information support to health and biomedical researchers: A project to support Oxford BRC-funded researchers by Harriss, E, Mackay, D, Coxall, O, Urquhart, C, Yeoman, A

“…Staff at the Bodleian Health Care Libraries conducted a research project during 2017 to explore how embedded library services could support the workflows of the biomedical and translational research community at both the University of Oxford and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The aim of the study was to identify the key services that should be provided to healthcare and biomedical researchers and to explore whether an embedded model, similar to that of the informationist role in the USA, would be appropriate for the Oxford context. …”

An integrated approach to the management of meningoencephalocoeles by Roumeliotis, G, Wiberg, A, Thomas, G, Magdum, S, Jayamohan, J, Wall, S, Johnson, D

“…The authors performed a retrospective case review of all primary meningoencephalocoeles managed in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust between 1986 and 2012. …”

Oxford Screening CSF and Respiratory samples ('OSCAR'): results of a pilot study to screen clinical samples from a diagnostic microbiology laboratory for viruses using Illumina nex... by Sharp, C, Golubchik, T, Gregory, W, McNaughton, A, Gow, N, Selvaratnam, M, Mirea, A, Foster, D, Andersson, M, Klenerman, P, Jeffery, K, Matthews, P

“…</p> <p><strong>Data description</strong><br/>Our data comprise a complete metagenomic dataset from 20 independent samples (10 CSF and 10 respiratory) submitted to the clinical microbiology laboratory for a large UK teaching hospital (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust). Sequences have been uploaded to the European Nucleotide Archive and are also presented as Krona plots through which the data can be interactively visualized. …”

Machine learning-based risk stratification for gestational diabetes management by Yang, J, Clifton, D, Hirst, J, Kavvoura, F, Farah, G, Mackillop, L, Lu, HY

“…We internally trained and validated our model on a cohort of 1148 pregnancies at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH), and performed external validation on 709 patients from Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RBH). …”

Implementing a system for the real-time risk assessment of patients considered for intensive care by Dahella, SS, Briggs, JS, Coombes, P, Farajidavar, N, Meredith, P, Bonnici, T, Darbyshire, JL, Watkinson, PJ

“…</p> <p>RESULTS: The HAVEN system has been deployed as part of a research project in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The system has so far processed &gt;&#x2009;164,000 vital signs observations and&#x2009;&gt;&#x2009;68,000 laboratory results for &gt;&#x2009;12,500 patients and the algorithm generated score is being evaluated to review patients who are under consideration for transfer to ICU. …”

Experience from the first UK inter-regional specialist multidisciplinary meeting in the diagnosis and management of IgG4-related disease by Goodchild, G, Peters, RJR, Cargill, TN, Martin, H, Fadipe, A, Leandro, M, Bailey, A, Collier, J, Firmin, L, Chouhan, M, Rodriguez-Justo, M, Sadler, R, Chapman, RW, Bungay, H, Fryer, E, David, J, Luqmani, R, Barnes, E, Webster, GJ, Culver, EL

“…We describe the experience of the first inter-regional specialist IgG4-RD multidisciplinary team meeting (MDM) incorporating a broad range of generalists and specialists, held 6-weekly via web-link between Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. …”

Utility of blood tests in screening for metabolic disorders in kidney stone disease by Eyre, K, Lewis, F, Cui, H, Grout, E, Mihai, R, Turney, B, Howles, S

“…Subjects and Methods Clinical and biochemical data from 709 patients attending the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for assessment and treatment of kidney stones were prospectively collected between April 2011 and February 2017. …”

Combining faecal immunochemical testing with blood test results for colorectal cancer risk stratification: a consecutive cohort of 16,604 patients presenting to primary care by Withrow, DR, Shine, B, Oke, J, Tamm, A, James, T, Morris, E, Davies, J, Harris, S, East, JE, Nicholson, BD

“…<br><strong> Methods<br></strong> Results of all consecutive FITs requested by primary care providers between March 2017 and December 2020 were retrieved from the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Demographic factors (age, sex), reason for referral, and results of blood tests within 90 days were also retrieved. …”

Linked symptom monitoring and depression treatment programmes for specialist cancer services: Protocol for a mixed-methods implementation study by Wanat, M, Walker, J, Burke, K, Sevdalis, N, Richardson, A, Mulick, A, Frost, C, Sharpe, M

“…<br/><br/> Ethics and dissemination <br/> The study has been reviewed by a joint committee of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Research and Development Department and the University of Oxford’s Clinical Trials and Research Governance Department and judged to be service evaluation, not requiring ethics committee approval. …”

Germline variant testing in serrated polyposis syndrome by Murphy, A, Solomons, J, Risby, P, Gabriel, J, Bedenham, T, Johnson, M, Atkinson, N, Bailey, AA, Bird-Lieberman, E, Leedham, SJ, East, JE, Biswas, S

“…<br><br> <strong>Methods</strong> A database of SPS patients was established at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Patients were referred for genetic assessment based on personal and family history and patient preference. …”

Inpatient hypoglycaemia in older people is associated with a doubling in the increased length of stay compared with the younger population by Ruan, Y, Moysova, Z, Tan, GD, Lumb, A, Davies, J, Rea, R

“…Methods The study was conducted using a 4-year electronic patient record dataset from Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The dataset contains hospital admission data for people with diabetes. …”

Real-world refractive outcomes of toric intraocular lens implantation in a United Kingdom National Health Service setting by Xue, K, Jolly, J, Mall, S, Haldar, S, Rosen, P, MacLaren, R

“…</p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>A retrospective cohort study conducted at the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK. All patients who received a toric IOL implant over a 10 months period. …”

Retrospective analysis of hospital electronic health records reveals unseen cases of acute hepatitis with unknown aetiology in adults in Oxfordshire by Tan, CCS, Kelly, G, Cregan, J, Wilson, JD, James, T, Chand, M, Hopkins, S, Swets, M, Baillie, JK, Jeffery, K, Walker, AS, Eyre, DW, Stoesser, N, Matthews, PC

“…Methods: We used anonymised EHR to collate retrospective data for all emergency presentations to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the UK, between 2016–2022, for all ages from 18 months and older. …”

Inpatient hypoglycaemia: understanding who is at risk by Rea, R, Ruan, Y, Tan, G, Lumb, A

“…<br></br> Methods The study was conducted using electronic patient record data from Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The dataset contains hospital admission data for patients coded for diabetes. …”

Testing a digital system that ranks the risk of unplanned intensive care unit admission in all ward patients: protocol for a prospective observational cohort study by Malycha, J, Redfern, OC, Ludbrook, G, Young, D, Watkinson, PJ

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> This will be a prospective, observational, cohort study conducted at the John Radcliffe Hospital, part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the UK. Each day during the study periods, we will document all highly ranked patients (ie, those with the highest risk for unplanned ICU admission) identified by the HAVEN system. …”

Bedaquiline and clofazimine resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an in-vitro and in-silico data analysis by Sonnenkalb, L, Carter, JJ, Spitaleri, A, Iqbal, Z, Hunt, M, Malone, KM, Utpatel, C, Cirillo, DM, Rodrigues, C, Nilgiriwala, KS, Fowler, PW, Merker, M, Niemann, S

“…</p> <p><strong>Funding</strong> Leibniz ScienceCampus Evolutionary Medicine of the Lung, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Research Training Group 2501 TransEvo, Rhodes Trust, Stanford University Medical Scientist Training Program, National Institute for Health and Care Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.…”

Incidentally detected testicular lesions <10 mm in diameter: can orchidectomy be avoided? by Scandura, G, Verrill, C, Protheroe, A, Joseph, J, Ansell, W, Sahdev, A, Shamash, J, Berney, D

“…</p><p> Patients and Methods: The pathological reports of 2 681 patients with testicular lesions from Barts Health NHS Trust and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were reviewed as part of a service evaluation audit from January 2003 to May 2016. …”

Effect of parental touch on relieving acute procedural pain in neonates and parental anxiety (Petal): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial in the UK by Hauck, AGV, van der Vaart, M, Adams, E, Baxter, L, Bhatt, A, Crankshaw, D, Dhami, A, Evans Fry, R, Freire, MBO, Hartley, C, Mansfield, RC, Marchant, S, Monk, V, Moultrie, F, Peck, M, Robinson, S, Yong, J, Poorun, R, Cobo, MM, Slater, R

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> Petal is a multicentre, randomised, parallel-group interventional superiority trial conducted in the John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK) and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK). …”

A scalable federated learning solution for secondary care using low-cost microcomputing: privacy-preserving development and evaluation of a COVID-19 screening test in UK hospitals by Soltan, AS, Thakur, A, Yang, J, Chauhan, A, D'Cruz, LG, Dickson, P, Soltan, MA, Thickett, DR, Eyre, DW, Zhu, T, Clifton, DA

“…<p><b>Methods</b></p> We supplied a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B preloaded with our federated learning software pipeline to four National Health Service (NHS) hospital groups in the UK: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH; through the locally linked research University, University of Oxford), University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BH), and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PUH). …”