NHS 70th Anniversary | University of Southampton

We are proud of our history supporting the NHS.

As we say a very happy 70th birthday to the NHS, we are celebrating the many ways our staff and students, across disciplines, have contributed to the improvement of healthcare in the UK.

Here at the University of Southampton we have a long history of working with the NHS and we are proud to be shaping and contributing to the NHS of tomorrow.

Photo of Professor Sir John Pattison, Emeritus Professor, UCL. Speaking at our public healthcare lecture 2016.

Explore our contribution in our video highlights

Cancer Immunology Centre

We have opened the UK's first dedicated Cancer Immunology Centre, after raising over £25M in our campaign. Watch the video to take a tour.

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SMART nurse trials

Our nursing students are trialling new assisted reality technology to improve resuscitation techniques.

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Engineering better cleaning

'Starstream' is a new way of deep cleaning using bubbles and cold water that may revolutionise medical cleaning.

Watch the BBC report

Educating for a healthy future

LifeLab, in partnership with University Hospital, is a unique, state-of-the-art teaching laboratory dedicated to improving adolescent health.

Explore LifeLab

Improving healthcare in the region

FortisNet brings together academics and clinicians from across the South to address musculoskeletal health.

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Photo of Fiona Dalton, Chief Executive, University Hospital Southampton

Student stories

We have been training nurses here at Southampton since 1957 and our medical school opened in 1971. Through our close partnership with University Hospital Southampton and other NHS providers across the South our students are trained through real-world situations right from the beginning.

Here's how some of our students and alumni are shaping the future:

UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year (2017)

Our student Colm Darby won this award for influencing the introduction of a new guideline to promote breastfeeding. He also helped to reduce neonatal admissions in the NHS hospital he was working in.

Using speech to understand Alzheimer's

Alumna and now Professor Anna Barney is researching speech patterns, to see if they can be a reliable indicator of dementia.

Fighting antibiotic resistance

Alumnus Dr Thomas Secker and postgraduate student Freya Malcher are part of an interdisciplinary team leading in the fight for infection control.

Nominated for Student Midwife of the Year

Lucy Price was nominated for Student Midwife of the Year in 2018 for demonstrating her commitment to midwifery by setting up and running a student midwife society.

Feeling thankful for the NHS

Our student blogger, Emily, shares her personal views on why we should all be thankful for the NHS at 70.

A student's view of the challenges of the NHS

Our student blogger, Charlie, shares his personal views of the many challenges that face today's NHS.

Research that's shaping the future of healthcare

We exist to make the world better. By bringing together academics, researchers and clinicians from across disciplines to work together we are creating research findings that are resulting in better clinical outcomes for patients.

Here is just a taste of our research: