University Hospital Southampton
@uhsft.bsky.social
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust includes Southampton General, Princess Anne Hospital and Southampton Children's Hospital.
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📢 Today we are asking for your help and support as we launch our Winter Well campaign - with five simple steps YOU can take to protect against seasonal illnesses and help reduce pressure on our services.
🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4odl30e
#WeAreUHS #WinterWell #StayWellThisWinter
🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4odl30e
#WeAreUHS #WinterWell #StayWellThisWinter
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📢 Today we are asking for your help and support as we launch our Winter Well campaign - with five simple steps YOU can take to protect against seasonal illnesses and help reduce pressure on our services.
🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4odl30e
#WeAreUHS #WinterWell #StayWellThisWinter
🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4odl30e
#WeAreUHS #WinterWell #StayWellThisWinter
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Congratulations to Lisa Roberts from @unisouthampton.bsky.social, @sotonhsciences.bsky.social and @uhsft.bsky.social on becoming president elect of Eurospine 👏💙
Low back pain is a leading cause of disability. Research and education are key to improving care.
🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/southam...
Low back pain is a leading cause of disability. Research and education are key to improving care.
🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/southam...
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Congratulations to Lisa Roberts from @unisouthampton.bsky.social, @sotonhsciences.bsky.social and @uhsft.bsky.social on becoming president elect of Eurospine 👏💙
Low back pain is a leading cause of disability. Research and education are key to improving care.
🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/southam...
Low back pain is a leading cause of disability. Research and education are key to improving care.
🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/southam...
NHS 111 online is there to help you find the right NHS service if you need urgent medical advice.
Our Emergency Department is for life-threatening illness or injury. Only call 999 when it is an emergency. If you have health worries and need advice, think NHS 111 online first.
Our Emergency Department is for life-threatening illness or injury. Only call 999 when it is an emergency. If you have health worries and need advice, think NHS 111 online first.
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
NHS 111 online is there to help you find the right NHS service if you need urgent medical advice.
Our Emergency Department is for life-threatening illness or injury. Only call 999 when it is an emergency. If you have health worries and need advice, think NHS 111 online first.
Our Emergency Department is for life-threatening illness or injury. Only call 999 when it is an emergency. If you have health worries and need advice, think NHS 111 online first.
With industrial action by the British Medical Association for resident doctors starting tomorrow, we want to reassure you that our staff are working hard to ensure services operate safely.
Please continue to attend all planned appointments, unless you are told otherwise.
Please continue to attend all planned appointments, unless you are told otherwise.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
With industrial action by the British Medical Association for resident doctors starting tomorrow, we want to reassure you that our staff are working hard to ensure services operate safely.
Please continue to attend all planned appointments, unless you are told otherwise.
Please continue to attend all planned appointments, unless you are told otherwise.
⚠️ The BMA has announced that resident doctors will take strike action from 7am on Friday 14 November 2025 and ending at 7am on Wednesday 19 November 2025.
You will be contacted if your appointment needs to be changed. Otherwise, please attend your appointment as planned.
You will be contacted if your appointment needs to be changed. Otherwise, please attend your appointment as planned.
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
⚠️ The BMA has announced that resident doctors will take strike action from 7am on Friday 14 November 2025 and ending at 7am on Wednesday 19 November 2025.
You will be contacted if your appointment needs to be changed. Otherwise, please attend your appointment as planned.
You will be contacted if your appointment needs to be changed. Otherwise, please attend your appointment as planned.
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Over 9️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people have joined a @uhsft.bsky.social study to help fight serious viral infections like #flu and #RSV 💙👏
The national study, supported by @southamptonctu.bsky.social, is exploring how and when patients may progress to more serious disease.
🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/researc...
The national study, supported by @southamptonctu.bsky.social, is exploring how and when patients may progress to more serious disease.
🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/researc...
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Over 9️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people have joined a @uhsft.bsky.social study to help fight serious viral infections like #flu and #RSV 💙👏
The national study, supported by @southamptonctu.bsky.social, is exploring how and when patients may progress to more serious disease.
🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/researc...
The national study, supported by @southamptonctu.bsky.social, is exploring how and when patients may progress to more serious disease.
🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/researc...
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🧠 Meet the @uhsft.bsky.social neurodegenerative research team!
They are supporting studies into dementia and other neurological conditions.
Together with participants, families and researchers, they are driving innovation in diagnosis, treatment and care 👏
#WeAreUHS #LeadTheWay
They are supporting studies into dementia and other neurological conditions.
Together with participants, families and researchers, they are driving innovation in diagnosis, treatment and care 👏
#WeAreUHS #LeadTheWay
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🧠 Meet the @uhsft.bsky.social neurodegenerative research team!
They are supporting studies into dementia and other neurological conditions.
Together with participants, families and researchers, they are driving innovation in diagnosis, treatment and care 👏
#WeAreUHS #LeadTheWay
They are supporting studies into dementia and other neurological conditions.
Together with participants, families and researchers, they are driving innovation in diagnosis, treatment and care 👏
#WeAreUHS #LeadTheWay
A UK-wide trial is testing if the nasal flu vaccine can be safely offered to one-year-olds.
Led by UHS, the FluSNIFF study is inviting families to take part at 100 GP practices and three hospitals.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LghgRN
#WeAreUHS #FluVaccine #ClinicalResearch
Led by UHS, the FluSNIFF study is inviting families to take part at 100 GP practices and three hospitals.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LghgRN
#WeAreUHS #FluVaccine #ClinicalResearch
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A UK-wide trial is testing if the nasal flu vaccine can be safely offered to one-year-olds.
Led by UHS, the FluSNIFF study is inviting families to take part at 100 GP practices and three hospitals.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LghgRN
#WeAreUHS #FluVaccine #ClinicalResearch
Led by UHS, the FluSNIFF study is inviting families to take part at 100 GP practices and three hospitals.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LghgRN
#WeAreUHS #FluVaccine #ClinicalResearch
Southampton researchers have been awarded £1.2m to personalise breast cancer treatment.
The CANDO study explores how exercise, diet & body composition affect outcomes—moving beyond BMI to personalised care.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3KOWSqY
#WeAreUHS #HealthResearch #BreastCancer
The CANDO study explores how exercise, diet & body composition affect outcomes—moving beyond BMI to personalised care.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3KOWSqY
#WeAreUHS #HealthResearch #BreastCancer
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Southampton researchers have been awarded £1.2m to personalise breast cancer treatment.
The CANDO study explores how exercise, diet & body composition affect outcomes—moving beyond BMI to personalised care.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3KOWSqY
#WeAreUHS #HealthResearch #BreastCancer
The CANDO study explores how exercise, diet & body composition affect outcomes—moving beyond BMI to personalised care.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3KOWSqY
#WeAreUHS #HealthResearch #BreastCancer
Baby Elowyn is a new star on @BBCNews 👶🌟
Premature babies are being offered new protection against #RSV this winter.
@BBCSouthNews met Elowyn as they reported on the new jab, resulting from years of clinical research co-led at our hospital.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9ned0526o
Premature babies are being offered new protection against #RSV this winter.
@BBCSouthNews met Elowyn as they reported on the new jab, resulting from years of clinical research co-led at our hospital.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9ned0526o
October 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Baby Elowyn is a new star on @BBCNews 👶🌟
Premature babies are being offered new protection against #RSV this winter.
@BBCSouthNews met Elowyn as they reported on the new jab, resulting from years of clinical research co-led at our hospital.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9ned0526o
Premature babies are being offered new protection against #RSV this winter.
@BBCSouthNews met Elowyn as they reported on the new jab, resulting from years of clinical research co-led at our hospital.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9ned0526o
⚠️ Our Emergency Department (ED) remains under severe pressure.
If your condition is not life or limb threatening you will be facing a long wait or will be redirected to another urgent treatment service who can help you.
If your condition is not life or limb threatening you will be facing a long wait or will be redirected to another urgent treatment service who can help you.
October 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
⚠️ Our Emergency Department (ED) remains under severe pressure.
If your condition is not life or limb threatening you will be facing a long wait or will be redirected to another urgent treatment service who can help you.
If your condition is not life or limb threatening you will be facing a long wait or will be redirected to another urgent treatment service who can help you.
⚠️Our Emergency Department (ED) is currently under extreme pressure.
You can expected to be turned away if we feel your condition can be treated elsewhere after assessment.
Please only come to ED in the case of life-or-limb-threatening situations.
You can expected to be turned away if we feel your condition can be treated elsewhere after assessment.
Please only come to ED in the case of life-or-limb-threatening situations.
October 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
⚠️Our Emergency Department (ED) is currently under extreme pressure.
You can expected to be turned away if we feel your condition can be treated elsewhere after assessment.
Please only come to ED in the case of life-or-limb-threatening situations.
You can expected to be turned away if we feel your condition can be treated elsewhere after assessment.
Please only come to ED in the case of life-or-limb-threatening situations.
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Meet Chrissie Jones, who looks after children and young people at @uhsft.bsky.social 🧒
She's researching how to better diagnose, treat and prevent infectious diseases, as a professor at @unisouthampton.bsky.social and part of the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre.
Watch her video 👇
She's researching how to better diagnose, treat and prevent infectious diseases, as a professor at @unisouthampton.bsky.social and part of the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre.
Watch her video 👇
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Meet Chrissie Jones, who looks after children and young people at @uhsft.bsky.social 🧒
She's researching how to better diagnose, treat and prevent infectious diseases, as a professor at @unisouthampton.bsky.social and part of the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre.
Watch her video 👇
She's researching how to better diagnose, treat and prevent infectious diseases, as a professor at @unisouthampton.bsky.social and part of the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre.
Watch her video 👇
Great to hear our surgeon Bhaskar Somani speak to Katie Martin on BBC Radio Solent this lunchtime 🎙️🌟
It's official! Our hospital leads the world for #ClinicalResearch into treatment of kidney stones.
Listen back on BBC Sounds from 2:18:30 📻
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002jtk1
#WeAreUHS
It's official! Our hospital leads the world for #ClinicalResearch into treatment of kidney stones.
Listen back on BBC Sounds from 2:18:30 📻
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002jtk1
#WeAreUHS
October 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Great to hear our surgeon Bhaskar Somani speak to Katie Martin on BBC Radio Solent this lunchtime 🎙️🌟
It's official! Our hospital leads the world for #ClinicalResearch into treatment of kidney stones.
Listen back on BBC Sounds from 2:18:30 📻
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002jtk1
#WeAreUHS
It's official! Our hospital leads the world for #ClinicalResearch into treatment of kidney stones.
Listen back on BBC Sounds from 2:18:30 📻
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002jtk1
#WeAreUHS
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🧠 Improving care for people with neurodegenerative diseases
Meet Veena Agarwal - senior research physiotherapist and part of the @uhsft.bsky.social Research Leaders Programme.
She's investigating if tech can detect invisible symptoms 👇
https://www.soar-southampton.org/rlp-cohort-5/veena-agarwal
Meet Veena Agarwal - senior research physiotherapist and part of the @uhsft.bsky.social Research Leaders Programme.
She's investigating if tech can detect invisible symptoms 👇
https://www.soar-southampton.org/rlp-cohort-5/veena-agarwal
October 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🧠 Improving care for people with neurodegenerative diseases
Meet Veena Agarwal - senior research physiotherapist and part of the @uhsft.bsky.social Research Leaders Programme.
She's investigating if tech can detect invisible symptoms 👇
https://www.soar-southampton.org/rlp-cohort-5/veena-agarwal
Meet Veena Agarwal - senior research physiotherapist and part of the @uhsft.bsky.social Research Leaders Programme.
She's investigating if tech can detect invisible symptoms 👇
https://www.soar-southampton.org/rlp-cohort-5/veena-agarwal
⚠️ Our Emergency Department (ED) is extremely busy. Please only come to ED in the case of life-or-limb-threatening situations.
Other services for urgent but non-life-threatening care are the Urgent Treatment Centres at RSH Hospital and Lymington New Forest Hospital, or NHS111.
Other services for urgent but non-life-threatening care are the Urgent Treatment Centres at RSH Hospital and Lymington New Forest Hospital, or NHS111.
September 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
⚠️ Our Emergency Department (ED) is extremely busy. Please only come to ED in the case of life-or-limb-threatening situations.
Other services for urgent but non-life-threatening care are the Urgent Treatment Centres at RSH Hospital and Lymington New Forest Hospital, or NHS111.
Other services for urgent but non-life-threatening care are the Urgent Treatment Centres at RSH Hospital and Lymington New Forest Hospital, or NHS111.
UHS has been recognised as the world’s leading centre for kidney stone research 👏
Professor Bhaskar Somani and his team have published 205 studies, with 1,854 citations, pioneering safer, faster treatments for patients.
🔗 Find out more: bit.ly/46A23…
#WeAreUHS #HealthResearch
Professor Bhaskar Somani and his team have published 205 studies, with 1,854 citations, pioneering safer, faster treatments for patients.
🔗 Find out more: bit.ly/46A23…
#WeAreUHS #HealthResearch
September 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
UHS has been recognised as the world’s leading centre for kidney stone research 👏
Professor Bhaskar Somani and his team have published 205 studies, with 1,854 citations, pioneering safer, faster treatments for patients.
🔗 Find out more: bit.ly/46A23…
#WeAreUHS #HealthResearch
Professor Bhaskar Somani and his team have published 205 studies, with 1,854 citations, pioneering safer, faster treatments for patients.
🔗 Find out more: bit.ly/46A23…
#WeAreUHS #HealthResearch
Join us for our annual members’ meeting on Wednesday 8 October from 2pm.
An opportunity to hear the presentation of the the 2024/25 annual report and accounts, explore our UHS showcase and share your views with your local governor representatives.
🔗 https://forms.office.com/e/ZDnErXL7sg
An opportunity to hear the presentation of the the 2024/25 annual report and accounts, explore our UHS showcase and share your views with your local governor representatives.
🔗 https://forms.office.com/e/ZDnErXL7sg
September 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Join us for our annual members’ meeting on Wednesday 8 October from 2pm.
An opportunity to hear the presentation of the the 2024/25 annual report and accounts, explore our UHS showcase and share your views with your local governor representatives.
🔗 https://forms.office.com/e/ZDnErXL7sg
An opportunity to hear the presentation of the the 2024/25 annual report and accounts, explore our UHS showcase and share your views with your local governor representatives.
🔗 https://forms.office.com/e/ZDnErXL7sg
We're proud to work with LifeLab to host students from years 9–11 as part of a recent summer school, offering hands-on experience and expert insight into the world of medicine.
Students left feeling inspired and informed.
Find out more 👇
Students left feeling inspired and informed.
Find out more 👇
“It gave amazing practical experience.” 💙
Aspiring medics explored the world of medicine with experts at @uhsft.bsky.social and @unisouthampton.bsky.social at our summer school.
They also had tours, including the acute medical unit and research facility.
🔗 lifelabonline.org/local/pages/...
Aspiring medics explored the world of medicine with experts at @uhsft.bsky.social and @unisouthampton.bsky.social at our summer school.
They also had tours, including the acute medical unit and research facility.
🔗 lifelabonline.org/local/pages/...
September 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We're proud to work with LifeLab to host students from years 9–11 as part of a recent summer school, offering hands-on experience and expert insight into the world of medicine.
Students left feeling inspired and informed.
Find out more 👇
Students left feeling inspired and informed.
Find out more 👇
The UK government is testing the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7 September 2025 at 3pm.
Compatible mobile phones and tablets will receive an alert, make a loud siren-like sound and vibrate. You will not need to take any action.
Find out more at gov.uk/alerts.
Compatible mobile phones and tablets will receive an alert, make a loud siren-like sound and vibrate. You will not need to take any action.
Find out more at gov.uk/alerts.
September 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The UK government is testing the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7 September 2025 at 3pm.
Compatible mobile phones and tablets will receive an alert, make a loud siren-like sound and vibrate. You will not need to take any action.
Find out more at gov.uk/alerts.
Compatible mobile phones and tablets will receive an alert, make a loud siren-like sound and vibrate. You will not need to take any action.
Find out more at gov.uk/alerts.
Our new state-of-the-art regional sterile pharmacy has reached structural completion!
It will transform care across the South, with capacity to produce between 600,000 and 800,000 doses of medicine a year.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4mUMP1B
#WeAreUHS #SterilePharmacy
It will transform care across the South, with capacity to produce between 600,000 and 800,000 doses of medicine a year.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4mUMP1B
#WeAreUHS #SterilePharmacy
September 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Our new state-of-the-art regional sterile pharmacy has reached structural completion!
It will transform care across the South, with capacity to produce between 600,000 and 800,000 doses of medicine a year.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4mUMP1B
#WeAreUHS #SterilePharmacy
It will transform care across the South, with capacity to produce between 600,000 and 800,000 doses of medicine a year.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4mUMP1B
#WeAreUHS #SterilePharmacy
There’s still time to nominate your Experience of Care Hero for August.
Our most recent Experience of Care Hero is Sue Hodder. You can see what the person who nominated Sue had to say in the graphic below.
🔗 Nominate by Sunday 31 August: https://forms.office.com/e/Z0misQjAVS
#WeAreUHS
Our most recent Experience of Care Hero is Sue Hodder. You can see what the person who nominated Sue had to say in the graphic below.
🔗 Nominate by Sunday 31 August: https://forms.office.com/e/Z0misQjAVS
#WeAreUHS
August 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
There’s still time to nominate your Experience of Care Hero for August.
Our most recent Experience of Care Hero is Sue Hodder. You can see what the person who nominated Sue had to say in the graphic below.
🔗 Nominate by Sunday 31 August: https://forms.office.com/e/Z0misQjAVS
#WeAreUHS
Our most recent Experience of Care Hero is Sue Hodder. You can see what the person who nominated Sue had to say in the graphic below.
🔗 Nominate by Sunday 31 August: https://forms.office.com/e/Z0misQjAVS
#WeAreUHS
Around two million adults in the UK are living with a brain aneurysm.
Now, researchers at UHS and @unisouthampton.bsky.social are launching world-first genetic research 🏥🧬
It could help the NHS spot people at risk of rupture earlier – and save lives.
🔗 https://bit.ly/45Bqmk3
Now, researchers at UHS and @unisouthampton.bsky.social are launching world-first genetic research 🏥🧬
It could help the NHS spot people at risk of rupture earlier – and save lives.
🔗 https://bit.ly/45Bqmk3
August 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Around two million adults in the UK are living with a brain aneurysm.
Now, researchers at UHS and @unisouthampton.bsky.social are launching world-first genetic research 🏥🧬
It could help the NHS spot people at risk of rupture earlier – and save lives.
🔗 https://bit.ly/45Bqmk3
Now, researchers at UHS and @unisouthampton.bsky.social are launching world-first genetic research 🏥🧬
It could help the NHS spot people at risk of rupture earlier – and save lives.
🔗 https://bit.ly/45Bqmk3
Detecting cancer sooner can increase the chances of better outcomes.
We are sponsoring the trial of a new test that could identify cancers in very early stages.
Over 4⃣5⃣0⃣ patients have taken part, including Ian Robinson from Fawley 📸
Learn more: www.uhs.nhs.uk/whats-new/pr...
We are sponsoring the trial of a new test that could identify cancers in very early stages.
Over 4⃣5⃣0⃣ patients have taken part, including Ian Robinson from Fawley 📸
Learn more: www.uhs.nhs.uk/whats-new/pr...
July 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Detecting cancer sooner can increase the chances of better outcomes.
We are sponsoring the trial of a new test that could identify cancers in very early stages.
Over 4⃣5⃣0⃣ patients have taken part, including Ian Robinson from Fawley 📸
Learn more: www.uhs.nhs.uk/whats-new/pr...
We are sponsoring the trial of a new test that could identify cancers in very early stages.
Over 4⃣5⃣0⃣ patients have taken part, including Ian Robinson from Fawley 📸
Learn more: www.uhs.nhs.uk/whats-new/pr...
Congratulations to everyone involved with LifeLab on all the amazing achievements from the last year 🎉👏
Here's to another exciting year ahead!
Here's to another exciting year ahead!
🎉 Celebrating a year of achievement 🎉
Last week, we held our 2025 LifeLab Showcase 🌟
It was a fantastic to hear our young people and collaborators speak about LifeLab's growing influence.
Thank you to everyone who's made this a brilliant year 👏👇
lifelabonline.org/local/pages/...
Last week, we held our 2025 LifeLab Showcase 🌟
It was a fantastic to hear our young people and collaborators speak about LifeLab's growing influence.
Thank you to everyone who's made this a brilliant year 👏👇
lifelabonline.org/local/pages/...
July 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Congratulations to everyone involved with LifeLab on all the amazing achievements from the last year 🎉👏
Here's to another exciting year ahead!
Here's to another exciting year ahead!