Welcome to news hub for PHU. Here you will find the latest news, views and blogs for our Trust.
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- Anisha Blades - Improvement practitioner shares her apprenticeship journey.
- Check out our highlights from 2023.
- See the progress on our new Emergency Department Feb - Oct 2023
- Liz, one of mental health nurses talks about improving your mental health this Self Care Week.
- Find out more about our Portsmouth Research Hub.
- Meet staff and patients at our new Fareham Renal Dialysis Unit.
- Find out about our Renal Young Persons Service
All media enquiries and approaches should be made directly to the Media and Communications Team. Please do not contact individual staff members or services directly.
You can email the team at communications
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Mental health reporting
Journalists looking for information on the most appropriate ways of reporting emotional crises or mental health issues - including suicide - may like to refer to the guidelines by the Samaritans which are supported by most media organisations and professional bodies.
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Featured news story:
Stroke survivor turned volunteer inspires others during Volunteers’ Week
A local volunteer is using his own story of survival and strength to inspire others to give back during this year’s Volunteers’ Week.
6 June 2025
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Work to upgrade car parking machines at QA Hospital begins
New car parking machines aimed at being simpler to use are being installed at Queen Alexandra Hospital. Work to replace the existing machines will take place in stages and in only one area of the site at a time.
9 June 2025
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Personalised Prosthetics Helping Tobi Thrive
People living with limb loss are gaining independence and confidence thanks to bespoke prosthetic limbs created at the Portsmouth Enablement Centre.
30 May 2025
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Urgent Treatment Centres in Portsmouth, Gosport and Petersfield provide fast, expert urgent care
Every week hundreds of people in Portsmouth, Gosport and Petersfield receive urgent care at their local Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs). These centres are designed to treat illnesses and injuries that require urgent attention but are not serious enough for an emergency department.
22 May 2025
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International Nurses Day: shining a light on our incredible nurses at PHU
This International Nurses Day, we are proud to celebrate the incredible dedication, skill, and compassion of all nursing colleagues.
12 May 2025
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Visiting restrictions lifted at QA Hospital
Thanks to the hard work of our teams and support from our patients and communities, we are now able to lift the remaining visiting restrictions
6 May 2025
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Hospital pharmacist awarded major kidney fellowship
We are proud to share that Cathy Pogson, one of our Kidney Pharmacists at Queen Alexandra Hospital, has been awarded a £290,000 Allied Health Professional Fellowship, funded by Kidney Research UK, Pharmacy Research UK and the UK Kidney Association.
30 April 2025
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Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust secures more than £1 million pounds of national funding towards improving solar power energy on its QA Hospital site
Earlier this year, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero announced a package of £100 million from Great British Energy for the NHS to install solar power and battery storage solutions to help reduce energy bills.
28 April 2025
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Update to Norovirus visiting restrictions
Thanks to the hard work of our teams and support from our patients and communities, we are now able to update our visiting guidance to allow visiting to return to normal in most of our adult care areas from tomorrow (Saturday 26 April 2025).
25 April 2025