Stephen Powis

There were 15,184 visits to A&E at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust in September – averaging 506 a day and 21 every hour.

Portsmouth Hospitals A&E visits last month 14% higher than a year earlier

Junior doctors have already walked out this year

NHS warns consultant and junior doctor strikes will disrupt care

Almost 50,000 patients were waiting for routine treatment at Portsmouth Hospitals Trust in February

Tens of thousands of patients waiting for routine treatment in Portsmouth

From left - Dr Emma Norris, Dr Bea Gardner, Dr Cloe Parfitt, Dr Lindsay Merry and Miss Libby Brewin on a picket line outside QA Hospital on Thursday. Picture: Chris Moorhouse

Junior doctor numbers at Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust revealed

Junior doctors are set to strike this week

NHS set for “incredibly tough week” during junior doctors strikes

QA Hospital. Picture Habibur Rahman

Data shows significant rise in NHS 111 calls

NHS call for responsible drinking during ambulance worker strikes

Dan Fallon broke his arm but had to wait 16 days for an operation as it wasn't deemed critical by the NHS. It's healed wonky as a result and he had a botched pin operation which means he may never regain the use of his right arm Pictured: Dan Fallon at his home in North End, Portsmouth on Tuesday 8th February 2022 Picture: Habibur Rahman

Portsmouth hospital waiting times increase with some patients waiting two years

A new hospital in Berkshire is hoped to take the strain off parts of the NHS in Hampshire, such as Queen Alexandra Hospital

New hospital is hoped to take some of the strain off Hampshire's NHS services

Over a dozen ambulance vehicles parked at A&E entrance at QA hospital, Portsmouth Picture : Habibur Rahman

Portsmouth's A&E under pressure following surge in ambulance patients

Frontline healthcare staff in England must be fully vaccinated against Covid by 1 April (Photo: Getty Images)

Healthcare staff face sack without exit payments under Covid jab plans

GV of inside of QA medical wards. Picture Habibur Rahman

Staff sickness due to Covid more than doubles at QA

Work on eight hubs is due to begin this week (Photo: Getty Images)

New Covid Nightingale ‘surge hubs’ being set up to manage Omicron wave

The number of staff missing work at Hampshire hospitals due to Covid has been revealed. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Here's how many staff are off due to Covid at QA Hospital

Palforzia, an oral drug, appears to reduce the risk of harm when a peanut allergy sufferer comes into contact with the foodstuff (image: Shutterstock)

NHS England to offer new treatment to help tackle peanut allergies

Ambulances pictured outside A&E at Queen Alexandra Hospital Picture Habibur Rahman

Firefighters demand government action to prevent ambulance service crisis

‘EMERGENCY intervention’ is needed by the government to help prevent a growing crisis within the ambulance service from deepening, a union has warned.

Tom Cotterill

The Covid alert has been moved up to Level 4. Picture: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

Covid alert moved to Level 4 - here's what it means

Ambulances parked outside the emergency department entrance at QA Hospital, Portsmouth in 2019

Ambulance service declares 'critical incident'

Sajid Javid is not implementing Plan B measures for England (Photos: Getty)

Sajid Javid rules out Plan B but hints at mandatory jabs for NHS staff

How to book your Covid booster jab in the UK - and who is eligible to get one

Nation urged to get Covid booster jab ‘to protect freedom and Christmas’ - what ...

Unvaccinated university students have been urged to get a Covid vaccine in freshers’ week (Photo: Shutterstock)

Unvaccinated students urged to get coronavirus jab during Freshers’ week

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world first’ (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world-first’

Around half a million 44-year-olds will receive a text inviting them to get their jab through the national booking service, NHS England said (Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

44-year-olds are being offered Covid jabs - why the rollout has been extended by...

The actress has been criticised by an NHS boss over her long Covid treatment regime (Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

An NHS boss says 'serious science' is needed to treat long Covid - and Gwyneth P...

The NHS waiting list in England could reach 10 million people by April 2021, according to the Reform think tank (Photo: Shutterstock)

Think tank says NHS has become a ‘National Covid service’ - but medical director...

50 mass Covid vaccine centres and 2m jabs a week - is England’s plan feasible? Claire Schofield

'We're on track to meet our target': what Matt Hancock said about the vaccine ro...

A small number of people have had allergic reactions to the Covid vaccine - this...

Most people over 80 won't get Covid jab until next year - here's why

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (centre) speaks flanked by British Army Brigadier Joe Fossey (right) and Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England Jonathan Van-Tam (left) during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (COVID-19). Tolga Akmen/PA Wire

Portsmouth politicians optimistic about vaccine news but urge people to carry on...

Coronavirus cases are growing across the country (Photo: Shutterstock)

More people are currently hospitalised with coronavirus than in March - the late...

NHS111 Call Handler

Nearly 34,000 people across Portsmouth, Fareham, Gosport and Havant have reporte...

Queen Alexandra Hospital

A&E visits to QA drop by nearly half compared to last year

Medical experts are currently investigating a possible link between coronavirus and an inflammatory disease found among infants (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s what you need to know about Kawasaki disease affecting children - and if ...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of muddling the government's message on social distancing (Getty Images)

These are the lockdown rules for over-70s after the government's conflicting sta...

UK has passed 20,000 coronavirus deaths. Picture: Naomi Baker/Getty Images

UK passes 20,000 coronavirus deaths in hospital

500,000 people have already volunteered to help the NHS - here’s what they will ...

Tens of thousands of retired doctors, nurses and emergency workers are being ask...

A range of NHS proceedures could be cut back to make £200m savings

NHS chiefs plan to cut back on '˜unnecessary procedures'