Current visiting times

We know how important it is for patients and families to be able to see visitors. Please help us keep our patients and staff as safe as possible by checking the guidance below before you visiting. 

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Messages for loved ones and keeping in touch

We recognise the impact that a long stay in hospital can have on families and the importance of maintaining strong communication.  Our ward staff are keeping in touch with patients’ next of kin directly and our Voluntary Services team can help pass on personal messages from family and friends.

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Current visiting times

After suspending visiting earlier in the year, we are now able to offer limited visiting to some wards at the discretion of the nurse in-charge.”

Read more on visiting times...


Messages for loved ones and keeping in touch

We recognise the impact that a long stay in hospital can have on families and the importance of maintaining strong communication.  Our ward staff are keeping in touch with patients’ next of kin directly and our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) can help pass on personal messages from family and friends.

Read more information about messages for loved ones…

Our Strategy – Working Together, Improving Together

Our strategy sets out our vision, values, strategic aims and most importantly, how we will deliver against these ambitions for our patients, communities, and people in the future.

It is not just a document, it is for and about everyone at PHU, building on what we have achieved with a renewed focus on continuous improvement and the need to continue to work together and improve together to achieve our goals. 

A full copy of the strategy can be downloaded here.

For more information, please visit our strategy webpage.

There are lots of opportunities for you to get involved with the Trust, from volunteering to attending our public meetings, our Annual General Meeting or our hospital open day which is held every year.

About us

Last updated: 13 January 2023

At Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care.

We are here for our local population of about 675,000 residents across Portsmouth and south east Hampshire and care for many people beyond.

Local hospital services

We offer a full range of hospital services from our main site at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth.

We offer a range of outpatient and diagnostic facilities at community sites and local treatment centres across Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. These include:

  • St Mary’s Hospital – midwifery, dermatology and disablement services
  • Gosport War Memorial Hospital – a range of services including Blake Maternity Unit, Minor Injuries Unit and diagnostics
  • Petersfield Community Hospital – The Grange Maternity Unit

Regional services

We are a regional cancer centre and also provide some tertiary services to a catchment area of more than 2m people. This includes the Wessex Kidney Service.

Military services

We are proud to host the country’s largest Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit, Joint Hospitals Group South, treating current and former members of the armed forces and their families and training clinicians.

Research

We have a reputation for award-winning research and development. We pioneer new medical advances to benefit patients.

Key facts

  • We have over 8,732 staff, 1,200 beds and an annual turnover close to £600 million
  • Our critical care facilities are rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission
  • We have 28 operating theatres
  • We have two purpose-built interventional radiology suites for image guided, minimally invasive surgery
  • We have four state-of-the art linear accelerators for cancer treatment
  • We have two MRI scanners, four CT scanners, a PET scanner and a state-of- the-art pathology laboratory for analysing blood and tissue samples at our hospital sites or at home with our midwifery teams
  • The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across Portsmouth and south east Hampshire. In addition, it offers certain tertiary services to a wider catchment area in excess of two million people
  • During 2020/21
    • The Emergency Department saw 93,803 patients
    • The Trust dealt with over 57,000 emergency admissions (excluding maternity)
    • Over 434,000 outpatient consultations and more than 37,000 day-case admissions were completed
    • 4,868 babies were delivered at Trust hospital sites or at home with the support of the Trust’s midwifery team - an increase of 140 on the previous year
    • Services were delivered by over 8,000 employees and around 700 volunteers.
    • More than 200 military personnel also worked alongside NHS colleagues at Queen Alexandra Hospital.
    • At the end of 2020/21, 8,282 participants had enrolled into clinical research studies and trials, of which 4,457 participants were enrolled into national UPH studies.

Performance

Each month we report to our Board on how we are performing against national targets including quality and safety, operational performance, workforce and organisational development and finance. This also shows how we are delivering against our annual Operating Plan. More information is available in our Integrated Performance Report.

Quality Account

Our annual Quality Account provides information about the quality of care and services we provide and our key achievements. It highlights our priorities and specific areas of focus for the coming year. The Quality Account and associated priorities focus on patient safety, patient experience and clinical effectiveness. We are working to continuously improve to ensure our patients, their families and carers receive the best possible care. We aim to improve our services based on what our patients say matters most to them. A full range of quality measures and how we are working towards achieving these is reported to the Trust Board and Quality and Performance Committee monthly. Our Quality Account for 2019/20 can be found here.

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Cosham,
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PO6 3LY

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