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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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.
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.
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.
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: 28 July 2021
Samantha Hook
Consultant
Trauma & Orthopaedics
Lower Limb Primary and Revision Arthroplasty Surgery
Samantha is a lower limb primary and revision arthroplasty surgeon.
She qualified from Bristol University Medical School in 1999 having also gained a BSc in Anatomical Science during her medical degree.
After house jobs, anatomy demonstrating and junior surgical jobs in Bristol and the South West, Samantha successfully completed her specialist registrar training in Wessex, gaining FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics) in 2008.
During Samantha's training, she developed a passion for lower limb arthroplasty and, in particular, hip surgery. She was lucky enough to gain a fellowship in the World-Renowned Unit in Exeter at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre. This unit is internationally known and renowned for the development of the extremely successful Exeter Hip, the most used cemented hip replacement worldwide. During her year in Exeter, Samantha worked with the highly skilled surgeons and wider team where she developed her skills in primary hip replacement surgery as well as revision procedures including the use of bone impaction grafting, a technique developed in Exeter and Nijmegen for reconstructing bone defects in revision cases.
Following her year in Exeter, Samantha spent six month at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) in Oxford working in the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Unit where she gained experience in tumour and reconstructive surgery. In addition she was involved in revision arthroplasty reconstructive techniques. Oxford has a Bone Infection Unit and takes complex infected arthroplasty cases from the surrounding area. Whilst working in the NOC, Samantha developed an interest in infected arthroplasty management.
Samantha has worked in Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust since September 2020 having previously been a consultant for nine years in Chichester, West Sussex.
She is an active member of the British Hip Society and is currently involved in the newly formed Culture and Diversity committee as well as working groups for revision hip complexity classification and guideline development in revision procedures.
Samantha has been involved in education and the training of the next generation of surgeons since she started as a consultant in 2011, undertaking roles of surgical tutor as well as five years as a training programme director for orthopaedic training. She is also regularly invited to teach on educational arthroplasty courses.
The department deals with all types of Orthopaedic conditions as well as fractures and a wide range of traumatic injuries.
