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…

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.

Messages to Loved Ones In Hospital

Last updated: 10 October 2022

We know how important it is for you to keep connected with your loved ones when they are staying with us and that is why we have come up with a number of ways to stay in touch.

Sending personal letters and photographs

You can email a personal message any time by emailing messagetolovedones@porthosp.nhs.uk or you can call free phone 0800 917 6039. The team will either take down your message or you can leave a voice mail, but please make sure to leave the patient's name and the ward they are on.

Each working day, PALS will print and laminate the messages received so that these can be kept clean. You can also include photographs with your message. The laminated message will then be delivered to your loved one by a team of helpful volunteers.

If a patient would like to send a reply, our Family Liaison team will be able to arrange this for them.

Video calls

We have a number of iPads on our wards so we can arrange for you to have an online chat with your loved one via Zoom or FaceTime, supported by one of our Family Liaison Officers (FLOs). You can find out more about this service by contacting PALS or asking the ward team. Alternatively, please email your video call request to FLOinbox@porthosp.nhs.uk

Bag drop service

We will be standing down the bag drop service as of Sunday 10 April 2022, as our visiting guidance opens back up, the requirement of this service has reduced.  

Messages on QA Hospital radio

The volunteers from QA Hospital radio are also here to help you keep in touch with your loved ones.

You can request a song to play on the radio or record a personal message and send it across as an MP3 format. Personal messages are to be sent by 12pm, which will then be played on the radio between 6pm and 7pm.

To contact the team, please email studio@qahospitalradio.com

All patients have access to TV and radio units by their bedside, but more information can be obtained by contacting PALS or speaking to the ward team.

 

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