Southampton surgeon Professor Bhaskar Somani has received a prestigious award for his research into kidney stone treatments. He has been presented with the Christian Chaussy Award by the German Society for Shockwave Lithotripsy. Professor Somani is a consultant urological surgeon at University Hospital Southampton (UHS). He has been supported by the UHS Research Leaders Programme. He was presented with the award at the annual German Urology Congress 2026 in Düsseldorf. He is

Healthcare professionals are using University Hospital Southampton’s (UHS) Research Leaders Programme to improve care for patients. The Research Leaders Programme (RLP) is open to all healthcare professionals employed by UHS. The competitive award covers salary costs for at least one day a week for up to three years. It provides time, training and personal development to support staff to achieve their ambitions. UHS is guided by its three core trust values of Patients First,

Survivors of intensive care who experience post-traumatic stress could benefit from a specialist type of talking therapy, according to new research. Around 200,000 people survive a stay in intensive care in the UK each year. Around one in four of these patients experience significant symptoms of post-traumatic stress. If left untreated, these symptoms can last for years. The EMERALD study was delivered through the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC): Southampton. It assesse