Current visiting times

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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Messages for loved ones and keeping in touch

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.

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Current visiting times

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...


Messages for loved ones and keeping in touch

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.

Read more information about messages for loved ones…

During your stay in hospital you will meet a number of different members of staff.  All members of staff wear name badges, but if you are not sure who someone is or what they do, please feel free to ask them to introduce themselves and explain what they do. 

If you have any questions about your treatment, please ask a doctor or a nurse.

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.

News

Disruption due to Storm Eunice

Date: 18 February 2022

Outpatient appointments - 18 Feb 2022

Due to a second red weather warning being put in place from 10am and guidance advising against non-essential travel, all face to face outpatient appointments due to take place today across our sites (including services at QA, Fareham and Gosport) will be by phone or online.
 
Patients will be contacted by the department they were due to see or the outpatients booking centre shortly to confirm how your appointment will take place.
 
If pregnant women have an essential scan booked with us, this will still go ahead if you can travel to us safely, otherwise please call the number on your letter to reschedule. All other appointments including those in the community will take place by phone and a midwife or obstetrician will call you around your appointment time.
 
Thank you for your understanding in advance and stay safe.
 
 

Major Incident declaration of Storm Eunice

Storm Eunice has been declared a major incident by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Resilience Forum due to the potential for severe disruption.

The Met Office have issued warnings about extremely strong winds with the potential for severe disruption from the early hours of Friday 18 February.

For Hampshire and Isle of Wight, gusts of up to 80 miles per hour have been forecast, with even higher wind speed possible on the coast.

The Environment Agency has issued a number of flood alerts in coastal areas.

With high winds predicted, people are advised to avoid exposed coastal areas, take note of warning signs and be aware of the tides.

You can sign up for free flood warnings and can keep up to date with the latest situation at https://www.gov.uk/check-flood-risk, call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 or follow @EnvAgency on Twitter for the latest flood updates.

There’s expected disruption to the road and transport network, so members of the public are advised not to travel if possible, and to keep up to date with the latest bulletins from travel operators.

If you do need to travel, please allow plenty of extra time for your journey and drive to the conditions.

Emergency services, local authorities, National Highways and other voluntary and statutory agencies are on stand-by to put well-rehearsed plans into place.

You can report trees fallen into a major road to National Highways and on local roads to your local authority.

Please only call 999 if there is an immediate risk to life.

To report a power cut, you can call the 105 number, which will take you to your local electricity network operator.

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