Patients give postcards from school children their stamp of approval
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust recently welcomed local school children delivering their hand-written postcards to Ark Royal Ward at Gosport War Memorial Hospital. Ark Royal Ward is a 20 bedded unit specialising in the frailty and rehabilitation of adult
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Blood pressure monitors now available from Hampshire libraries
Hampshire residents can now borrow blood pressure monitors from their local library, alongside books and magazines. In a move to help local people to take charge of their own health. The County Council is making devices available for free
Local NHS Catering Service wins Hospital Catering of the Year Award
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust have won a prestigious national award at this year’s Hospital Catering Association presidents’ dinner. The Catering Service Team at Gosport War Memorial Hospital scooped the Hospital Catering Team of the Year award recognised and
Cancer Taskforce Chair Welcomes Life Extending Treatment for Children
Dame Caroline Dinenage, Member of Parliament for Gosport and Chair of the newly-established Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce, has welcomed the arrival of a drug combination treatment that will improve the length and quality of life for children
Local Allied Health Professional first to receive new Greener AHP award
A local Allied Health Professional has become the first person in the UK to win the new NHS England’s Chief Allied Health Professions Officer badge after introducing a purpose-built, electric falls and frailty car in the North Hampshire Urgent
mum ‘home for dinner’ after new procedure at QA Hospital for benign throat lumps
A new procedure to treat patients with benign throat lumps, providing an alternative to surgery, has changed the life of a full-time carer. Emily Taylor from Waterlooville has faced years of issues with her oesophagus (food pipe) due to
Caroline Seeks Nominations for NHS Awards
Dame Caroline Dinenage, Member of Parliament for Gosport, is seeking nominations for the 2024 NHS Parliamentary Awards 2024, after the deadline for submissions was extended a week. The NHS Parliamentary Awards offer a chance to celebrate NHS staff, carers
Southern Health rated one of the best in the country for crisis support by service users
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as one of the best in the country for certain elements of its care as part of the National NHS Community Mental Health Survey. Data from the survey, which asks service
Milestone reached for new Emergency Department in Portsmouth
Staff from Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) and contractors involved in the project came together to mark the topping out of the new Emergency Department (ED) at Queen Alexandra Hospital. The department is due to open later this
