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One of our lovely volunteers, Brian, collects aluminium cans to raise funds for Hants & IOW Air Amb . Brian manages 2 bins in the Feast Restaurant on B Level at University Hospital Southampton 💙 where empty drinks cans can be deposited. Collectively, just over £1500 has been raised this month. Well done Brian! 🚁

Current curve predicts a high and perhaps later peak of RSV than 2022 and 2023 🤨 #RSV

⚠️ We are starting to see lots of RSV circulating in the community, including admissions to our paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). 🏥 Please see below for more information on #Bronchiolitis and #RSV 👇

Call for research questions - World Health Organization (WHO) Child Health Intervention Research Prioritization Exercise “Currently, the global research endeavour does not reflect the mortality and morbidity burden faced by children” who.int/news-room/arti…

Looking forward to attending the Royal Society for Public Health award ceremony on Thursday, so proud to have been shortlisted in the ‘Health at every age’ award – such tough competition from our fellow finalists – they all do such brilliant work!

The RCPCH survey on childhood vaccinations is closing in 5 days. They would love to hear from a couple more parents or carers to get their views on vaccinations. It is a short survey and any responses are greatly appreciated! Available to view here: forms.office.com/e/VXsUM5agM7

Well done to LifeLab University of Southampton, who are the winners of the Health at Every Age Award (supported by ukactive) 🌟 LifeLab empowers children and young people through science to make better decisions about their health and wellbeing. #RSPHAwards

Congratulations to everyone involved 👏 ✨ LifeLab is a partnership we’re incredibly proud to be part of at UHS, empowering young people to make healthier choices through science. 🧬🏥 💙

Huge congratulations to LifeLab on winning the Royal Society for Public Health Health at Every Age award, supported by ⁦ukactive⁩ 👏 An outstanding achievement! #RSPHAwards

If you are a parent or carer, please consider completing this survey about childhood vaccinations

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A ground-breaking UK study shows a promising blood test does not reduce the time children in hospital spend on intravenous (IV) antibiotics. University Hospital Southampton 💙 was the 2nd-highest recruiter for the national trial with Katrina Cathie 💙, Saul Faust and Sanjay Patel 👏 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/research-…

Here's our paper The Lancet The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health on numbers of CYP admitted to general wards (paeds and adult) of 5-18 year olds due to their mental health. Will do a commentary tomorrow on bit-by-bit findings. The great privilege has been working with young people and their

Children & young people admitted to general acute medical wards in England for mental health concerns has risen 65% in 10 years. We need safe & appropriate spaces to treat children, but we must prioritise preventing children reaching crisis. rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/ne…

Proud to have been part of this work led by Lee D Hudson As an Emergency Clinician see first hand the challenge in addressing, often a largely unmet meed for mental health distress in Children and Young People

Large ⬆️in children & young people admitted to acute medical wards for mental health concerns over a 10-year period Further work needed to factors driving these trends and how to improve care for CYP with mental health concerns admitted to medical wards sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This is a very exciting! Feel privileged to be leading this work with Lee D Hudson to increase research in general paediatrics along with many wonderful colleagues and collaborators

Last week, we were at the Houses of Parliament POST (UK Parliament) for #EvidenceWeek with Sense about Science. 💛💙 Kath Woods-Townsend 💙💛, John Holloway and two of our Youth Panel members presented our work to MPs on how young people see #vaping. Read more 👉 lifelabonline.org/local/pages/?i…

In 2023, following my treatment for Breast Cancer, a wonderful group of women helped me organize the amazing Autumn Ball. We raised over £35,000 for Breast Cancer Research @charity_shc University Hospital Southampton 💙 and we are planning another event! Please save the date for the Spring Ball 2026!

Aged 14-18 and interested in a project about ultra processed foods...? We’re hiring for our Summer Term Youth Panel 📷 Application form: bit.ly/LifeLabYouthPa… 📷 Role descriptor: bit.ly/LifeLabYouthPa… 📷Closing date 13-03-25📷 📷Interviews 19th and 20th March📷