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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
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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: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
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Grateful patient shares journey in advancing cancer research
A cancer patient at Queen Alexandra Hospital is making a real impact through research in the hope her experience will help others.
24 April 2025
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Visiting restricted to stop the spread of norovirus
Strict measures have been introduced at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham to stop the spread of norovirus. Find out more about changes to visiting guidance.
15 April 2025
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Know Where to Go for the right care this Easter
People in and around Portsmouth are being encouraged to Know Where to Go for medical help and advice this Easter Bank Holiday weekend to ensure they receive the right care and help ease pressure on emergency services.
14 April 2025
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New endoscopy unit opens in Portsmouth
A brand-new state of the art Elective Endoscopy Centre at Portsmouth’s Queen Alexandra Hospital officially welcomed its first patient earlier this week.
11 April 2025
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How was your maternity care? 2025 Maternity Survey
At Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust we believe in providing the highest quality maternity care for you and your baby. We are excited to announce that in April, the NHS is launching a major survey on experiences of using maternity services.
3 April 2025
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Testing for blood-borne viruses (BBV) in the Emergency Department
From 24 March 2025 patients aged 18 and over attending the Emergency Department at Queen Alexandra Hospital will be offered opt-out testing for three types of viral infection.
24 March 2025