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Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is one of the largest acute hospital trusts in the country treating over half a million patients each year. We provide comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. We also offer some speciality services to a wider catchment of around two million people. Our population is characterised by its diversity – the rural and the urban, areas of wealth juxtaposed with real pockets of deprivation, and gaps in life expectancy. Most of our services are provided at Queen Alexandra Hospital, in Cosham, but we also offer a range of outpatient and diagnostic facilities closer to patients’ homes in community hospital sites and at local treatment centres throughout South East Hampshire including St Mary's Treatment Centre, Gosport War Memorial Hospital and Petersfield Community Hospital. This page is kept up to date by the Communications Team who can be contacted at communications@porthosp.nhs.uk

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Do you have any compliments, comments or complaints? Please contact PALS on: 0800 917 6039
or email: pht.pals@porthosp.nhs.uk

06/12/2025

Need medical help? Make sure you use the right service for your needs:
💻 NHS 111 online ➡ https://111.nhs.uk/
💊 Local Pharmacy
🩺 Urgent Treatment Centre
📱 Healthier Together app

05/12/2025

We are seeing growing numbers of flu and other winter viruses in the community and hospital. To help our patients and staff, please do not visit the hospital if you’re experiencing symptoms of flu or have had diarrhoea or vomiting.

If you have symptoms, you can help reduce the spread by following these top tips:

🏠 Stay home for 48 hours after symptoms clear

⛔ Do not visit hospitals and care homes

✋ Wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water

🧼 Clean surfaces using bleach-based products

👩‍🍳 Do not prepare food for others

Thank you for helping us keep everyone safe!

05/12/2025

It’s and we’re sharing another message of appreciation for our incredible staff. Thank you to our colleagues who continue to make such a meaningful difference every single day. 💙

03/12/2025

🎉Award-winning innovation at QA Hospital

We're excited to share that our Children’s Emergency Department’s Virtual Reality (VR) project has been crowned the national winner in the Innovation category at the 2025 OPPP Awards! 🏆✨

This incredible technology is helping young people stay calm and feel more comfortable during procedures. It’s also giving parents reassurance as they can see exactly what their child is experiencing. 💙

A huge thank you to Portsmouth Hospitals Charity and The Hospital Company for making this possible, and to our amazing Play Specialist team for championing this initiative. Together, we’re making hospital visits a little less scary 💙

Read more in our news story ▶️ https://bit.ly/48iMvow

02/12/2025

With flu cases on the rise and Christmas just around the corner, now’s the time to make sure you and your loved ones are protected. 🎄💉

The flu vaccine helps protect those most vulnerable from serious illness and hospitalisation.

If you’re eligible, book your free vaccine today via the NHS App, visit nhs.uk/BookFlu, call 119, or contact your GP practice or pharmacy.

01/12/2025

Our monthly Early Pregnancy Unit Miscarriage Support group is meeting this Wednesday 3 December from 7pm to 9pm at Cosham Community Centre.

The informal sessions take place on the first Wednesday of each month and offer a supportive environment for anyone who has experienced baby loss or miscarriage and are looking for emotional support. There is no need to book and you are welcome to drop up at anytime.

The monthly session offers a safe space for those who have been through a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, or medical termination.

If you have any queries, please contact the Early Pregnancy Unit 02392 283290.

30/11/2025

Thank you to everyone who took part in our Remembrance Day activities. Together, we raised an incredible £21,160.34 for the Royal British Legion. 🌺

Your generosity and support will help provide vital assistance to serving and ex-serving personnel and their families. This remarkable achievement reflects our shared commitment to remembrance, respect and community spirit, we are incredibly proud of what we achieved together.

29/11/2025

Got a poorly little one or feeling under the weather yourself? 🌡️

Before you head to the Emergency Department, check which NHS service is right for your needs:
💻 111.nhs.uk
💊 Local pharmacy advice
🩺 Urgent Treatment Centre
📱 Healthier Together app

28/11/2025

It’s and we’re grateful for the wonderful feedback we continue to receive. Thank you to everyone who takes the time to share their experience with us.

27/11/2025

This week, we proudly celebrated our incredible Healthcare Support Workers at PHU. 💙

Our HCSWs play a vital role across our services, providing hands-on care, supporting patients with dignity and compassion, assisting clinical teams, and helping to ensure our wards run smoothly every single day.

Thank you to everyone who joined the celebrations and took part in recognising the vital contribution of our Healthcare Support Workers. We are truly grateful for all that you do. 🙌

26/11/2025

Our Christmas tree has officially arrived in the Atrium, bringing sparkle, colour and festive cheer to our reception area! 🎄✨

A huge thank you to the teams who decorated it so beautifully, and a special thank you to both Portsmouth Hospitals Charity and the League of Friends for sponsoring the tree. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

25/11/2025

Marking Maternity Support Worker Day 💙

Yesterday, we recognised the incredible contribution our Maternity Support Workers make every single day at PHU. MSWs play a vital role in supporting birthing people and families, assisting midwives, and helping to ensure safe, compassionate care throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

Thank you to all our MSWs for your hard work, dedication and the difference you make to families across our maternity services.

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Welcome to Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is one of the largest acute hospital trusts in the country treating over half a million patients each year. The hospital Trust is the largest employer in Portsmouth.

We provide comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. We also offer some tertiary services to a wider catchment area in excess of two million people.

Included within our modern buildings are:

28 theatres - with four dedicated endoscopy theatres

Four state of the art linear accelerators

Two purpose built interventional radiology suites, three MRI scanners, three CT scanners and a PET scanner

State of the art pathology laboratory

Neonatal Unit, Level 3

Hyper acute stroke unit

Superb critical care facilities

Our Emergency Department is one of the busiest in the country treating in excess of 144,000 patients each year. We also see over 490,000 outpatients and carry out over 53,000 day case operations. Our maternity services deliver around 5,800 babies per year, making it one of the largest maternity services on the south coast. We are also home to the Wessex Renal and Transplant Unit and hold prestigious Cancer Beacon Status for Head and Neck Cancer Services.

We were awarded university hospital status in July 2020 and work closely in partnership with the University of Portsmouth as well as Southampton and Bournemouth. We have a significant reputation for our research and innovation and are actively involved with the national agenda in these fields. Some of our patients are regularly the first-in-the-world to have the opportunity to trial new treatments, and even more are first in the UK.

Do you have any compliments, comments or complaints? Please contact PALS on: 0800 917 6039 or email: pht.pals@porthosp.nhs.uk

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