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.
Read more on visiting times...
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.
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...
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.
The Queen Alexandra Hospital is located just on the hill slopes of Portsdown Hill overlooking Portsmouth. It is conveniently situated for both the M27 and A3M.
Family members and carers play an important role in supporting patients during an episode of ill health. We are committed to the active involvement of family members, friends and carers during a hospital stay. Family members and carers play an important role in supporting patients during an episode of ill health.
More information on visiting hospital for an appointment.
If you've had experience of using our services and would like to make a comment then please contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS). Your views are very important to us and we would like to hear where you think improvements are needed or where things have gone so well that you would like to share your thanks or gratitude with the staff involved. When things have not gone so well then you can be sure that we want to hear from you, so please get in touch with PALS.
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.
We welcome and value your feedback and use the views you share with us in a number of ways to learn and make improvements as well as sharing best practice. Feedback can be provided in a number of ways.
Last updated: 13 April 2023
Critical Care, Theatres, Anaesthetics & HSDU
| Anaesthetics | |
| 22-23 | |
| Critical Care | |
|
22-23 085 |
|
| HSDU | |
| 22-23 079 | The Trust's Decontamination Leads |
| 22-23 243 | Sterile Services Agency Usage |
| 22-23 648 | The Number of Autoclaves commissioned and Commissioned Date |
| Theatres | |
| 22-23 044 | Blood & Body Fluid Exposure within Theatres |
| 22-23 295 | |
| 22-23 577 |
A list of all surgical operating tables currently in use within Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Pathology | |
| 22-23 006 | Substantive Histopathology Consultants and Reporting |
| 22-23 023 | Number of Von Willebrand Disease Patients |
| 22-23 034 | Patients Treated in our Hemophilia Centre with Certain Drugs |
| 22-23 094 | Mortuary Charging schemes |
| 22-23 099 | Immunohistochemistry diagnostic testing |
22-23 150 |
Laboratory Based Coagulation TestingList of In-house Tests |
| 22-23 154 | Outsourced Histology Reporting |
| 22-23 264 | Laboratory device that is used to analyse albumin:creatinine ratio |
| 22-23 283 | Myelofibrosis Patients |
| 22-23 388 | |
| Imaging | |
| 22-23 110 | Power Injector Data For MRI |
22-23 131 |
Plain Film Chest X-rayAttached: Plain Film Chest X-ray Statistics |
22-23 171 |
MRI Safety Reports |
22-23 235 |
Interventional radiology (IR) procedures |
22-23 268 |
Trust Scanners |
22-23 294 |
Age of imaging machinery |
22-23 338 |
Patient with cochlear implant requiring an MRI |
22-23 390 |
Use of Teleradiology services and costs |
22-23 418 |
Endoscopic Retrogade Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) |
22-23 421 |
VNA Systems query |
22-23 538 |
Teleradiology Services |
| Clinical Engineering | |
| 22-23 166 | Medical Devices Manager |
| 22-23 322 | Clinical application training for medical devices |
| 22-23 473 | |
| 22-23 482 | |
| Physiotherapy | |
| 22-23 036 | Cough Assist Machine use with Enteral Feeding Machine |
Medicine
| Respiratory | |
| 22-23 101 | Hypoxic Challenge Testing Services |
| 22-23 139 | Sleep Apnoea |
| 22-23 190 | Non-tuberculosis mycobacterium & Bronchiectasis |
| 22-23 491 | The number of bronchial challenge tests performed by the trust, and at which sites within the Trust, during 2019 and 2021 |
| Diabetes | |
| 22-23 207 | IT system used in Diabetes |
| Cardiology | |
| 22-23 038 | Number of Referrals to the Heart Failure Clinic |
| 22-23 060 | Heart failure service |
22-23 342 |
Cardiac Device implant procedures |
Older Persons Medicine
| OPM | |
| 22-23 071 | |
Urgent Care
Regional Cancer Services
| Upper Gastrointestinal | |
| 22-23 200 |
Gastric and Gastro-oesophageal Junction Cancer Patients Treated with Certain Drugs |
| Head & Neck Cancer | |
| 22-23 187 |
Head & Neck Cancer Patients Treated with Certain Drugs |
| 22-23 401 |
Referral pathways or guidelines for papilloedema |
| 22-23 456 |
Total number of patients treated in the last 3 months with any systemic anti-cancer therapy |
| Colorectal Cancer | |
| 22-23 212 | Colorectal Cancer Patients Treated with certain agents |
| Breast Cancer | |
| 22-23 003 | Number of Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Certain Drugs |
| 22-23 089 | |
| 22-23 145 | Breast Cancer Patients treated with certain systemic anti-cancer therapies |
| 22-23 275 | Oncotype testing in node positive breast cancer patients |
22-23 360 |
Breast CancerAttachment |
| Bone & Blood Cancers | |
| 22-23 001 | Number of Patients Treated for Myelofibrosis |
| 22-23 061 | Number of Patients Treated for Leukemia and Lymphoma |
| 22-23 194 | Number of Patients Treated for Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma |
| 22-23 265 | Patients treated in the haemophilia centre |
| 22-23 279 | Patients treated for immune thrombocytopenia |
| 22-23 282 | Haemophilia B & Von Willebrand Disease Treatment |
| 22-23 307 | Metastatic Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) & Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) |
| Multiple Cancers | |
| 22-23 018 | Melanoma, Renal Cell Carcinoma, and Oesophageal Cancer, Treated with Certain Agents |
Renal & Transplantation
| Renal | |
22-23 281 |
Use of non-metal (plastic) fistula cannula for dialysis |
22-23 368 |
Dialysis units |
Woman & Children
| Gynaecology | |
| 22-23 122 | Surgical & Medical Abortions. |
| Neonatal | |
22-23 292 |
Neonatal sepsis |
Head & Neck
| ENT | |
| 22-23 080 |
Audio-logical ServicesAttachment: Audio-logical Questionnaire |
| Maxillofacial | |
22-23 137 |
Number of patients admitted to hospital for teeth, gum and other mouth related illnesses/injuries |
22-23 348 |
Number of oral cancer referrals |
Musculoskeletal
| Prosthetics & Orthotics | |
| 22-23 049 |
Attachment: Users of Prosthetic Knees |
| 22-23 327 | Orthotic Products and Services |
| 22-23 449 | |
| Orthopaedics | |
| 22-23 140 | Injury out of catchment scenario |
| 22-23 198 | Orthopaedic surgical table |
| Rheumatology | |
| 22-23 067 | Usage of Biologic and Biosimilar Products |
| 22-23 308 | Patients treated by the rheumatology department for curtain drugs |
Surgery
| Bariatric | |
| 22-23 105 | Bariatric waiting list year on year |
| 22-23 209 | Number of Primary Bariatric Surgery Operations Performed |
| Endoscopy | |
22-23 221 |
HICSS usageForm |
22-23 276 |
Total number of EUS-FNB procedures performed |
| Outpatients | |
| 22-23 208 | Outpatient Cancellations |
| 22-23 211 | Outsourcing patient survive requirements |
| 22-23 238 | Patient Appointment Letters Printing |
| 22-23 249 | Hospital-initiated outpatient appointment cancellations |
| Analytics | |
| 22-23 020 | Patient Tracking List Management |
| 22-23 082 | Amount of patients who died awaiting discharge |
| 22-23 103 |
Attachment: Monthly Breakdown (2018-2022) |
| 22-23 106 | Primary Care Referral Figures |
| 22-23 113 | Without Fixed Abode Discharges (2018-2022) |
| 22-23 118 | Number of patients requiring follow-up appointment |
| 22-23 170 | Number of Patients Treated for Curtain Diseases. |
| 22-23 386 | C3 Glomerulopathy Patients |
| 22-23 411 | How many patients diagnosed with Heart Failure in the last 12 months |
| 22-23 446 | How many patients have been treated in the past 3 months for head and neck cancer |
| 22-23 450 | How many elective operations were cancelled for a non-clinical reason at the Trust in 2021/22 |
| 22-23 489 |
Number of caesarean sections carried out by the Trust between 1st June 2021 and 30th November 2022 |
| 22-23 513 | |
| 22-23 540 | |
| 22-23 557 | |
| 22-23 564 | |
| 22-23 568 | |
| 22-23 569 | |
| 22-23 588 | |
| 22-23 615 | |
| 22-23 635 | |
| 22-23 653 |
Total number of patients who discharged themselves from hospital |
| Emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) - Business Planning | |
| 22-23 096 |
Multi-departmental/ Multidisciplinary Committee Attachments: ToR for the EPRR Group, Trust Debrief SOP, Major Incident Report, Major Incident Response Plan |
| 22-23 404 | |
| 22-23 498 | |
| 22-23 507 | |
| Complaints/PALS | |
| 22-23 040 | Racist/Xenophobic Incidents |
| 22-23 081 | Weight Discrimination |
| 22-23 408 | In the last 5 years, how many patient/family complaints were made regarding communication |
| 22-23 436 | |
| 22-23 486 | |
| 22-23 494 | |
| Patient Experience | |
| 22-23 032 | Face-to-face interpreting assignments (2020-2022) |
| 22-23 037 | Hospital Capacity / Trust staff count |
| 22-23 059 | Refused Treatment Data (2020-2022) |
| 22-23 188 | Transgender Inclusion |
| 22-23 193 | Transgender Inclusion |
| 22-23 206 | Single Sex Breaches |
22-23 233 |
Funding on interpreters and the translation servicesLanguage translation |
22-23 485 |
Maternity patients requiring an interpreter in 2020/21 and 2021/22 |
22-23 514 |
Aromatherapy for patients |
| Patient Safety | |
| 22-23 098 | Amount of Patient Admitted Due to Falls (May 2021-April 2022) |
| 22-23 111 | Patient Safety Specialist Contact Details |
| 22-23 175 | Staff Networks at the Trust |
| 22-23 199 | Deaths in the Trust due to problems care provided |
| 22-23 245 | VTE episodes recorded |
| 22-23 490 | Patient Falls |
| Procurement | |
| 22-23 045 | Clinical Waste/Sharps provider |
| 22-23 115 | Contracts for Trust Systems |
| 22-23 156 | Cardiology System Contract Info |
| 22-23 158 | Amazon Contracts |
| 22-23 167 | |
| 22-23 173 | Trust System Contracts & Staff Responsible |
| 22-23 176 | Infrastructure support contract/interim roles you recruited via an agency |
22-23 184 |
Supplier’s name, installation date & replacement date of various devicesClinical Devices List |
22-23 232 |
Contract Value for each Imaging ModalityUltrasoundX-Ray |
22-23 287 |
Contracts with staffing agencies for the provision of endoscopy staffing |
22-23 286 |
Contracts with an external insourcing providers |
22-23 349 |
|
22-23 410 |
|
22-23 356 |
A&E / Doc Management / Digital Dictation / Scheduling Systems |
22-23 505 |
|
22-23 519 |
|
| Information Governance | |
| 22-23 237 | Freedom of Information Requests |
| 22-23 347 | Freedom of Information Requests |
| 22-23 438 | Number of subject access requests received in the last 12 months |
| 22-23 447 | Responsibility for Data Protection compliance |
| 22-23. 452 | Software to process FOI requests, Complaints and Safeguarding |
| Risk Management and Clinical Audit | |
| 22-23 389 | Implementation of NICE guidelines [NG206] on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
| 22-23 654 | |
| 22-23 674 | |
| Trust Business - Trust-wide | |
| 22-23 417 | Directors and Head of Department names |
| 22-23 428 | Directors of Surgery |
| 22-23 441 | Trust details |
| 22-23 443 | Directors names and performance responsibilities |
| 22-23 480 | Who is the head of procurement at this trust and who is responsible for approving Nursing agency usage? |
| 22-23 488 | Proportion of beds occupied by patients with an Isle of Wight home address each month and ongoing costs |
| 22-23 492 | Full name and email address of Directors and Head's of Departments |
| 22-23 541 | |
| 22-23 542 | |
| 22-23 554 | |
| 22-23 616 |
Readiness review carried out by the Commissioning Support Unit |
| Estates | |
| 22-23 021 | Carbon Dioxide Monitors |
| 22-23 127 | Spending on Fire & Rescue Services |
| 22-23 108 | Weed control in the hospital grounds |
| 22-23 181 | Rooftop and Greenfield mobile mast site agreements |
| 22-23 202 | Parking for NHS staff and/or patients |
| 22-23 216 | Premise Assurance Model |
| 22-23 247 | Fire Safety Doors |
22-23 273 |
Offensive and clinical waste collection |
22-23 305 |
Trust Vehicles |
| 22-23 359 | Structural maintenance issues |
| 22-23 366 | Structural maintenance issues |
22-23 380 |
Structural works undertaken |
22-23 391 |
Money spent to fix issues related to reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete |
22-23 451 |
Telephone system |
22-23 455 |
Fire Safety Officers |
22-23 465 |
Clinical service incidents caused by estates and infrastructure failure at your hospital trust in 2021/22 |
22-23 510 |
Parking Operations |
22-23 518 |
How many times was the number 09020 44 24 11 dialed on a phone belonging to the NHS trust |
22-23 576 |
Clinical Waste Contracts |
| Facilities | |
22-23 046 |
Waste TransportAttachment: Waste Volume Summary |
| 22-23 116 |
Spend on Hospital Security Staff |
| 22-23 133 |
Department responsible for catering, vending and beverages |
| 22-23 146 |
Onsite Incinerator |
| 22-23 168 |
Doctors mess |
| 22-23 172 |
Trust Postal Service |
| 22-23 296 |
Facilities Management across the estate |
| 22-23 425 |
Hydrotherapy pool costs |
| 22-23 469 |
Vehicles on fleet between 27.11.21 to 13.11.22 |
| 22-23 567 |
Do you offer a subsidy to all your staff in the Trust canteen |
| COVID-19 | |
| 22-23 065 | Hospital Acquired COVID-19 Infections |
| 22-23 129 | Death by COVID-19 as the primary or secondary cause of death |
| 22-23 138 | Child COVID-19 Deaths |
| 22-23 415 | Long covid hub for children and young people |
| 22-23 536 | How many covid patients died of covid over the last two years |
| Services Not Provided by PHU | |
| 22-23 051 | Learning Disability Nurses |
| 22-23 010 | Transport Services |
| 22-23 093 | Number of Social Workers Employed by the Trust |
| 22-23 112 | Patients detained under the Mental Health Act |
| 22-23 222 | Outpatient MSK Physiotherapy |
| 22-23 241 | Number of Inpatients Restrained in our Metal Health Facility |
| 22-23 274 | Business case for the Trust’s Community Diagnostic Centre project, including the capital budget for the entire project. |
| 22-23 454 | Deaths of psychiatric in-patients |
| 22-23 493 | ICT contract for call centres |
| 22-23 503 | Contrast enhanced spectral mammography tests |
| 22-23 537 | Software used for estates and facilities audits |
| 22-23 561 | Bardet-biedle Syndrome |
| 22-23 565 | Administration of a direct fetal painkiller or anaesthetic, such as fentanyl or lidocaine |
| 22-23 575 | Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, Dravet Syndrome and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex |
