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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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.
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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: 08 October 2019
Heart failure patients care including management of symptoms and heart failure medications, education on self care, counseling and support for patients and families and Carers.
Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm (not bank holidays)
For patients who have ongoing breathlessness, leg or ankle swelling, or breathing difficulty at night time, please see your general practitioner (GP). The GP may refer you to the established heart failure service. The criteria for referral includes a specialised blood test (BNP).
All referrals to the service are received electronically from your GP. They are then screened by one of the Consultant Cardiologists who specialise in heart failure.
If the referral meets criteria you will be offered an urgent or routine appointment. The Consultant may provide advice and guidance to the Gp or offer an appointment in the outpatients department. If the referral does not represent a potential heart failure diagnosis that is correct it will be returned to the GP.
Please note that this pathway is for patients with suspected heart failure – it does not cover other disease conditions.
Lift area 2 at QA Hospital.
Located on Cardiology outpatients, C level at QA Hospital.
To contact the nurses led service: Tel: 02392 286714 ext 6714.
For patients attending the NT Pro BNP pathway appointments: Tel: 02392 283103 ext 3103
