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Global Surgery Group brings art and teamwork together

Oxford University Global Surgery Group recently took part in a creative team activity, working together to produce artwork for the department's seminar room. The event gave colleagues an opportunity to step away from their day-to-day work, connect with one another and contribute to a shared project.

Closing the quality improvement impact gap: Key findings from the Oxford Open Grand Round

Healthcare organisations have spent decades working to improve quality and patient safety, yet progress remains inconsistent and improvements can be difficult to sustain. At the Oxford Open Grand Round, April Taylor, Chief Operating Officer at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and President of the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ), explored why the ‘quality improvement impact gap’ persists – and what healthcare organisations can do about it.

Growing greener: Another successful year for sustainability at NDS

Jessica Doondeea

Jessica Doondeea, Laboratory and Facilities Manager and Chair of the NDS Green Committee, summarises another successful year for sustainability at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS).

Designing healthcare for clinician wellbeing and patient safety: Key insights from the Oxford Open Grand Round

Clinician wellbeing and patient safety are closely connected, but supporting healthcare professionals requires more than asking individuals to become more resilient. At this Oxford Open Grand Round, expert panellists Laura Vincent, Lilli Cooper and Helen Higham explored how healthcare environments, workplace culture and system design can help clinicians thrive while delivering safer patient care.

Who smiles in a hospital? Reflections from a week in the world of surgical sciences

Vani Tripathi, a 16-year-old student from London, shares how a week at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences reshaped her understanding of medicine, research and the people at the heart of healthcare.

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