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.
More information on visiting hospital for an appointment.
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.
Date: 03 July 2023
Local children are being asked to help Queen Alexandra Hospital celebrate the NHS 75th birthday by taking part in a drawing competition.
The competition is open to both young patients at the Cosham hospital and local children aged up to 14 years old living in Portsmouth or South East Hampshire.
The winning artwork will be displayed in the corridors of the hospital and winners will receive book tokens.
Chief nurse Liz Rix at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust said: “The drawings could feature the iconic colourful QA Hospital building, or staff, or the Portsmouth area or simply a picture of what a child loves about their NHS.
“We can’t wait to see the pictures the youngsters create and find out what they love about their local health services and the people who work in them.”
5 July 2023 marks 75 years of the National Health Service. When it was founded in 1948, the NHS was the first universal health system to be available to all, free at the point of delivery. Today, the NHS treats over a million people a day in England.
How to enter the competition
There are two categories:
The drawing should be on a single A4 paper and can be sent to communications@portshosp.nhs.uk with the child’s name, age and consent from parent, as well as contact details. Simply scan the picture or take a photo of it on your phone. Please keep the original drawing.
The competition will end on 31 July and the entries will be shortlisted and the winning ones chosen by members of the public in August through the Trust’s social media channels.
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Photo: Phoebe Rimmer, pupil at Bishops Waltham Junior School, holds up her NHS 75 drawing.
