Dr Sophie Fletcher
Consultant Respiratory Physician
MB BCh FRCP
"Working at Spire Southampton Hospital is a rewarding experience, as it allows me to practice medicine that prioritises excellence, is responsive, and where continuity is valued."
I have a been a consultant Respiratory physician at a major teaching hospital since 2012. I undertook undergraduate training in Medicine at the University of Cambridge, (Queens’ College) 1995-98, I completed my clinical training at the University of Oxford (Magdalen College) 1998-2001. My house jobs were in Oxford and Bath, I then completed my senior house offer posts in London at St Thomas’ Hospital.
Having completed my MRCP (Membership of the Royal College of Physicians) I undertook a senior fellow post at the Royal Brompton Hospital specialising in interstitial lung disease. I moved to Hampshire in 2005 and completed my registrar training in Respiratory, General Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine before securing a consultant post at University Hospital Southampton.
I have been a Respiratory consultant at UHS since 2012 and in my NHS role have extensive experience with the diagnosis and management of both Respiratory an medical patients in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. I have a specialist interest in ILD (Interstitial Lung Disease) and am a key member of the ILD team at UHS having led the service 2012-18 before leading the Respiratory department during the pandemic.
I led the Respiratory team at UHS from 2018-20 during the global pandemic, where medicine bore the brunt of COVID admissions and deaths. I have been the PI for the RECOVERY trial at UHS since March 2020, this remains the largest global COVID trial and has provided responsive evidence-based guidance for the management of COVID infection
I am currently the ILD specialist advisory group chair for the British Thoracic Society. I regularly lead the ILD MDT where the diagnosis and often management plan for these specialist cases are formulated. I teach and provide lectures locally, nationally and internationally.
I have an extensive research portfolio in ILD, supported by the research team at UHS. As a ‘hands on’ clinician this enabled me to offer treatment options through research trials to patients where they may not be options available on the NHS.
Leading research enables me to at the cutting edge of novel treatment options and enable experience prior to NHS launch.
I achieved a National Clinical Impact Award in 2025 as a public acknowledgement of my sustained commitment and dedication to the NHS and a recognition of the national impact of my efforts over and above my contractual requirements. In 2024 I was awarded the title of Honorary Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Southampton. I am the final year module lead for medicine - University of Southampton Medical school
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Sophie Fletcher at Spire include:
Other treatments
- Breathing issue
- COPD
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Additional information
Qualification and professional memberships
MB BCh FRCP / University of Oxford / 2001
Batchelor of Medicine, Batchelor of Surgery, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
MB Bch is qualification awarded at the completed of medical school, FRCP denotes fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and is awarded, by election, to those in recognition of their standout contribution to Medicine.
Professional memberships
Royal College of Physicians - Fellow
British Thoracic Society, Chair of the Interstitial and Rare lung disease Specialist Advisory Group
European Respiratory Society - Member
Professional leadership
I am the Chair of the Interstitial and Rare Lung Disease Specialist Advisory Group for the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and provide expert advice to guide the content of the national scientific symposium.
I am a member of the British Thoracic Society Lung Disease Registry Steering Group and an invited Expert reviewer in ILD (Interstitial Lung Disease)for the Royal College of Physicians.
I am a member of the Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF) Professional Advisory Panel (PAP). APF is a national charity representing the needs for the ILD patient community. The PAP provides expert specialist advice to this national charity.
Research and publications
I am an author on 75 peer reviewed papers and have a h-index of 22.
Since 2015, UHS has hosted 28 clinical trials in ILD (Interstitial Lung Disease) for which I have been the Chief Investigator for the UK (4), Principal Investigator (22) or coinvestigator (2).
I won the BTS/NIHR award for principle/chief Investigator making an outstanding contribution in design, conduct and dissemination of NIHR portfolio studies and building research capacity in 2023, the research team I lead taking the team award at the same conference.
Articles
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5633-905X
Current NHS posts
University Hospital Southampton
Personal profile
I am married with two sons and a spaniel. When not being a parent taxi for sporting fixtures, I enjoy gardening and playing cornet in a brass band.
Contact information
| Private secretary | Sally Ghafoor |
| Private secretary telephone | 02380 015 578 |
| Private secretary email | admin@medicalsecretaries.co.uk |