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.”

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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 Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) can help pass on personal messages from family and friends.

Read more information about messages for loved ones…

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.

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Portsmouth patients can nominate healthcare heroes for awards

Date: 24 May 2023

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Patients and their families who have received excellent care at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust can nominate their unsung healthcare heroes for an award.

The Portsmouth News Patient Choice Award is a category in the Trust’s annual Proud To Be PHU Awards 2023 – an event which recognises the fantastic work of staff working at the Trust.

Nominations can be made by patients who have either been cared for as an in-patient at Queen Alexandra Hospital or attended an outpatient appointment at the Trust. Loved ones of patients can also nominate healthcare staff who they feel have made a real difference.

Last year, Critical Care Staff Nurse Dominique Byrne received the Patient Choice Award after being nominated by the mum of a young patient, who sadly passed away. The mum said: “Dom went above and beyond in so many ways when she was caring for our daughter. Nothing was too much trouble, including staying later on in her shift if needed.”

Penny Emerit, Chief Executive at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, said: “The Proud To Be PHU Awards is such a special event which gives us the opportunity to thank our staff and celebrate them for the difference they make to both patient care and to their colleagues.

“All of the categories in our awards are special, but to be nominated by patients or their families is a wonderful reflection of the outstanding care delivered by our teams.”

You can submit nominations for a staff member or team now via the nomination form: https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/proudtobephuawardshtm

 

Entries close 21 June and shortlisted nominees will be announced 5 July.

Kelly Brown, Editor of The Portsmouth News, added: “We are thrilled to support the Proud To Be PHU Awards and get our readers to nominate staff who they feel have gone above and beyond. We can't wait to hear about all the fantastic work that has been going on in Portsmouth at this year's awards.”

 

The winners will be announced at the Trust’s Proud to be PHU Awards which take place on Friday 17 November 2023.

 

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