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.

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.

⚠️ 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.

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...

🧠 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

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

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

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

⚠️ 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.

⚠️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.

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 👇

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

🧠 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

⚠️ 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.

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

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

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 👇

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.

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

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

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

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...

Congratulations to everyone involved with LifeLab on all the amazing achievements from the last year 🎉👏 Here's to another exciting year ahead!

Over a thousand families have now joined a newborn eye screening study at UHS 👏 This national research is evaluating an imaging device to help diagnose cataracts, a leading cause of preventable childhood blindness at birth. Read more 👇

Surgeons at UHS are now using LithoVue Elite, a groundbreaking device developed by ‪@bostonsci.bsky.social‬ that monitors kidney pressure in real time during minimally invasive procedures. A huge leap for patient safety in treating kidney stones 👏 More 👉 bit.ly/4m0moXy #Urology

🦻 Jacqueline Young, Clinical Scientist in Paediatric Audiology, is transforming hearing care for children — from using simulators to shaping family support, to leading NHS-wide research. Find out more 👇

Happy 10th birthday to the Southampton Oxford Neonatal Transfer service (SONeT)! 🎉🚑👶 Since 2015 we've worked with @ouhospitals.bsky.social to support over 10,000 critically ill babies across 15 hospitals in Thames Valley & Wessex. Find out more: bit.ly/4kssBuc #NeonatalCare‪ #SONeT10 #WeAreUHS

🎉 We've opened our new rehab unit for children with neurological injuries — a huge step forward in care. Thanks to the incredible support of Robbie’s Rehab, in memory of Robbie Keville 🙏 More info 👉 bit.ly/4ntjQ5B #RobbiesRehab #WeAreUHS #MakingADifference

📢 Received a Maternity Survey 2025 request? 📝💙 Whether by text or letter, your feedback matters! Help us celebrate successes & improve maternity care at UHS 👶💬 🖊️ Fill it out & return it. #MaternitySurvey2025 #YourVoiceMatters #MaternityCare

Great to see @laboursatvir.bsky.social cut the ribbon to officially open a new commercial research centre 📸 Working with regional partners, @uhsft.bsky.social will host the multi-million pound centre set to increase access to cutting-edge clinical trials. 🔗👉 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/regiona...

Southampton is proudly turning #Red4Research ❤️ Teams at @unisouthampton.bsky.social and @uhsft.bsky.social are wearing red to celebrate everyone who plays a part in making progress possible. Find out how you can get involved in @nihr.bsky.social research 👇 bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/join

🏥 On Healthcare Estates & Facilities Day we’re saying a big thank you to the teams who keep UHS running 24/7. From cleaning and catering to portering, security and maintenance – your work is vital, even if it’s not always visible. 🫧🧹🔧👩‍🔧🌱 Full video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Yd... 💙 #HealthEFMDay

One of our consultants, Zaed Hamady, on the BBC talking about his new trial, the safe-D study, looking into early detection of pancreatic cancer. 🔬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sean Cleghorn’s wife, Allison, died just one month after being diagnosed with #PancreaticCancer. A new @southamptonctu.bsky.social trial, sponsored by @uhsft.bsky.social, will see if a new test can save lives by improving early detection of the cancer 👇 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/new-blo...

👋 We’re proud to welcome clinicians from Ukraine to UHS for a 2-week training programme in paediatric rehabilitation. They’re learning from our PICU, neuro, neonatal and ED teams to take skills back home and support children affected by war. 💙💛 👉 🔗 www.uhs.nhs.uk/whats-new/pr...

Today we hosted the Chair of Children and Young People’s Cancer Taskforce Caroline Dinenage MP at our unit in @uhsft.bsky.social Dame Caroline Dinenage MP (right) is pictured here with Lead Nurse Jo Grout (left). (1/4).

It’s #BiomedicalScienceDay and we’re shining a light on our amazing Microbiology team at UHS! From agar art to plate streaking, they've been celebrating their vital role in healthcare 🧫👏 Hidden heroes of healthcare - their work makes a real difference for patients every day!

Annemarie Hankinson leads the Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in research team at @uhsft.bsky.social. Discover more about who she is, her greatest achievement and what she loves about her role. Get to know Annemarie in her 60-second interview 👇

💬 “It gave me purpose again.” This #VolunteersWeek, we’re celebrating people like Lewis - once a teenage cancer patient at UHS, now part of our research team. Volunteering helped him find purpose, confidence, and a career path. 💙 Read his story 🔗 www.uhs.nhs.uk/whats-new/bl...

👁️ It’s #WorldOrthopticDay Shout-out to our brilliant orthoptists who help patients of all ages, from supporting stroke recovery to improving children’s vision. Thinking about a career in eye care? Read what inspired our team to join the profession: 🔗 careers.uhs.nhs.uk/blog/shaping...

This #NationalEpilepsyWeek we’re proud to shine a light on an exciting development at UHS that’s already having an impact. 👇 It's the arrival of the Stealth Autoguide Surgical Robot at our Wessex Neurological Centre, thanks to the support of Smile for Wessex and our incredible staff. 💙 (1/2)

Katherine Lachlan, a consultant clinical geneticist at @uhsft.bsky.social, is taking on our elevator pitch challenge. Her research aims to improve care and quality of life for patients with PHTS, a rare genetic condition. Watch her explain more in 30 seconds ⏱️

UHS diabetes colleagues have been on a trolley dash with a difference this week — raising awareness for #InsulinSafetyWeek2025 Staff have been sharing reminders about insulin safety and best practice while out and about across our wards. #WeAreUHS #DiabetesCare #InsulinSafety

🩺💙 Happy #InternationalNursesDay Today we’re saying a massive thank you to all our incredible nurses across UHS. Your compassion, expertise and commitment make a difference to patients and families every single day. 💫 #IND2025 #WeAreUHS #ThankYouNurses (1/2)

🕊️ This morning we marked #VEDay80 at our main entrance, where UHS colleagues and visitors gathered in remembrance. 💙 Led by our Armed Forces Network, we raised the flag to honour those who gave so much for peace and freedom. 📷 Craig Hobbs Photography #WeAreUHS #LestWeForget

Have you seen our Impact Report for 2024? It was a fantastic year, marking the 10 year anniversary of our bespoke facility at @uhsft.bsky.social✨ Read about the amazing impact we're having on young people here 👇 issuu.com/university_of_southampton/docs/lifelab_impact_report_2024?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ

It's #WorldAsthmaDay Asthma affects around 7.2 million people in the UK – that’s roughly 1 in 12 people. At UHS, our specialist Asthma Nursing Team supports our community to manage their condition and live well. 💙 #WeAreUHS (1/2) 👇

Southampton is helping shape the future of cancer care 🧬 We recently welcomed @karinsmythmp.bsky.social to UHS to mark the expansion of the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad – fast-tracking melanoma patients into trials of a revolutionary new vaccine. 🔗 Read more here: www.uhs.nhs.uk/whats-new/pr...

A huge well-done and a big thank you to the group of runners who ran for our charity during the 10th annual ABP Southampton Marathon this weekend! 🏃 🌤️ An amazing team raised over £37,000, which will directly impact patients and families who use our services. 👏 💙 #WeAreUHS

He did it! 🙌 After 3 months alone at sea, rowing thousands of miles, UHS consultant anaesthetist, Leo Krivskiy, has arrived in Barbados! 🚣‍♂️ We couldn't be prouder to have him as part of the UHS family. He's nothing short of inspirational. ✨ #LeoTheLegend More on his challenge here: leosrow.com