Healthwatch Portsmouth has published its annual report for the year 2018-2019. Last year we heard from 530 people who visited our stalls and told us about their experience of a number of different areas of health and social care. Local people told us that they wanted local health services to communicate better between services to prevent unnecessary appointments being made for treatment. eHighlights 530 people shared their health and social care story with us, 45% more than last year 18 volunteers helped us to to carry out our work. In total they gave 559 hours of their time 4,443 people accessed Healthwatch Portsmouth advice and information online or contacted us with questions about local [...]

Portsmouth City Council is working with Queen Alexandra Hospital on a new initiative to offer health information and advice at local libraries across the city. The Information for Health Enquiry Service team will recommend books and reputable websites that can help people manage and understand their health conditions. They can also let people know about the latest research on their condition through the partnership with librarians working at the hospital. The service also works closely with the Community Connectors who can support people to integrate into their local community and find groups and activities that could help improve their wellbeing. The service offers one to one appointments in [...]

Following news reports that patients of the Dentists at the John Pounds Centre have been told that the dental surgery is to close we contacted NHS England to raise the concerns and find out the reason for the surgery closure. NHS England released a statement NHS England recently received termination notices from three Colosseum practices in Portsmouth which means the practices will be closed as of 1st August 2019.  The practices in question are: Portsea Dental Care Ltd – John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth, PO1 3HN Paulsgrove Dental Care Ltd – Healthy Living Centre, Cosham, PO6 4HG Southsea Dental Care Ltd – 96 Victoria Road, Southsea, PO5 1QE [...]

We are pleased to announce that the Healthwatch Portsmouth service is back up and running.Healthwatch Portsmouth is now being hosted by the charity Help and Care. As a result of the change of host organisation we are in different offices.Healthwatch Portsmouth is now based at the Frank Sorrell Centre, Prince Albert Road, Southsea PO4 9HR.Our new landline telephone number is 023 9354 1510. Lines are open 10am-4pm Monday-Friday. Out of hours please leave a message and we will get back to you.Our website remains the same - www.healthwatchportsmouth.co.ukGeneral email - info@healthwatchportsmouth.co.uk.Independent Health Complaints AdvocacyThe Portsmouth based Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service remains co-located at the Healthwatch Portsmouth offices. To [...]