contents foreword • Message from Dr Bruno Holthof – Chief Executive Officer, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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CHAPTER 1: A year like no other
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Our COVID Year – timeline from February 2020 to January 2021 Our year in pictures – OneTeamOneOUH exhibition Working through a Pandemic – a mini documentary Testing times – our amazing Microbiology Team Catching their breath – our Respiratory Team Vaccine rollout – our COVID-19 Vaccination Programme Team
CHAPTER 2: At the heart of global research into COVID-19 • • • • • • •
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A unique partnership 30 The Oxford Vaccine story 32 ‘V Day’ – our COVID-19 vaccination programme gets underway 36 First in world to deliver life-saving Oxford Vaccine 38 Research stories – Staff Testing Programme / RECOVERY Trial / STOIC Trial / C-MORE Study / CURIAL Study 40 World-class training enhances patient care 46 Medical students step up to the mark 47
CHAPTER 3: Staff voices
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Renal Dialysis Team – Allie Thornley Radioisotope Physics Team – Aida Hallam OUH Rainbow Shielders – Ally Warren Personal reflections from a member of the Finance Team – Martin Harris First impressions last – Stephen Bell Maternity Service Team – Ali Cuthbertson Procurement and Supply Chain Team – Rebecca Ponen Churchill Hospital Elective Swabbing Service – Hayley Smith Hepatology Team – Denise O’Donnell Imaging Physics Team – Helen Amatiello Biomedical Scientist in the Microbiology Team – Emma Thornton Speech and Language Therapist in the Craniofacial Unit – Sarah Kilcoyne Cardiac and Thoracic Critical Care Unit (CTCCU) – Grace Newcomer-Jones SuWOn Division Christmas Jumper Day 2020 – Anna Baker A Christmas Poem from the Paediatric Oncology Team – Amy Mitchell Family Liaison Team at the Horton General Hospital – Esther Marshall Biomedical Scientist in the Cellular Pathology Department – Helena Costa Oxford University Medical Students Staff Testing Team – Zoe De Toledo, Liam Peck and Thomas Ritter Infant Feeding Team – Naomi Morton ‘Game of Prones’: personal reflections on redeployment to ITU – Tom Stevenson