Welcome to news hub for PHU. Here you will find the latest news, views and blogs for our Trust.
For information and stories celebrating NHS 75 please visit our dedicated page.
For more information you can contact the Media and Communications Team on communications@porthosp.nhs.uk
- Twitter - https://twitter.com/PHU_NHS
- Facebook - https://
facebook.com/ PortHosp - Instagram - www.instagram.com/portsmouth_hospitals
- Linkedin – https://
www. linkedin.com/ in/ porthosp/ - Youtube - https://
www. youtube.com/ channel/ UCPj0rJ-EtCgJ2xYonfqI4FA
- 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
If you would like to film or take photos of one of our services or sites, please speak to the team first. This is to protect the privacy of our patients and staff.
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.
-
Featured news story:
Major milestone reached as 200,000 health workers are trained to treat the critically unwell
Celebrating 25 years of ALERT® training, designed to improve the quality of care and outcomes for critically ill patients in hospital. In just over two decades the multi-professional course has equipped over 200,000 healthcare professionals worldwide with the skills to recognise patient deterioration and how to act appropriately.
10 September 2025
-
Quarter 1 data from National Oversight Framework published
Following publication of the framework, the quarter one data has placed PHU 104 in the league table and into segment 4.
9 September 2025
-
Overnight closures on Nightingale Road: QA Hospital site
Nightingale Road on the QA Hospital site will be closed overnight (11.59pm to 5.30am) from Sunday 7 September 2025 to Friday 12 September 2025 so that work to excavate a trench across the road can take place safely.
5 September 2025
-
Novel study underway in Portsmouth to help breast cancer patients
Teams from the University of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust are working together to apply cutting-edge breast biomechanics technology to help breast cancer sufferers for the first time.
5 September 2025
-
Queen Alexandra Hospital offers life-changing prostate treatment
A pioneering, non-surgical treatment to improve the quality of life for men with an enlarged prostate is now available at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
3 September 2025
-
Know Where to Go for the right care this bank holiday
People are being encouraged to Know Where to Go for medical help and advice this August bank holiday weekend to ensure they receive the right care and help ease pressure on emergency services.
22 August 2025
-
Save the date for our Annual General Meeting 2025
Our next Annual General meeting will be held on Monday 15 September in Lecture Theatre Level B, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, PO6 3LY.
21 August 2025
-
Resident doctor national industrial action – 25 July 2025 to 30 July 2025
The British Medical Association has announced that industrial action by resident doctors (formally known as junior doctors) will take place across England for five days from 7am on Friday 25 July until 7am on Wednesday 30 July.
24 July 2025
-
Team supporting homeless hospital patients shortlisted for two Nursing Times Awards
The Multi-Agency Safeguarding and Support Team (MASST), who have supported more than 100 patients experiencing homelessness or rough sleeping, through the Emergency Department at Queen Alexandra Hospital, have been shortlisted for two Nursing Times Awards
7 July 2025