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Portsmouth Disability Forum
Portsmouth Disability Forum and HIVE Portsmouth are delighted to be in discussions about how they may develop the work of the Disability...
Feb 15, 2021


Hospices and End of Life review – have your say
Hospices and End of Life review – have your say A message from Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group: Hospice and End of Life Care...
Feb 11, 2021


Healthwatch Portsmouth celebrates Student Volunteering Week
At Healthwatch Portsmouth we know how valuable volunteering is to our organisation. When students volunteer, we can help them to develop...
Feb 8, 2021


Healthwatch Portsmouth is supporting LGBT+ History Month
Throughout February we are celebrating LGBT+ History month. The purpose of LGBT+ History Month is to celebrate LGBT+ people in all their...
Feb 2, 2021


Find new ways to express yourself this Children’s Mental Health Week
Children and young people are being encouraged to explore different ways of expressing themselves for this year’s Children’s Mental...
Feb 1, 2021


NHSE Clinical Standards Review – National Consultation
Healthwatch Portsmouth informed the Board meeting in public in December of the outcome of the Urgent and Emergency Care Standards pilot...
Jan 27, 2021


Local NHS urges people to wait for their covid-19 vaccination invitation letter
COVID-19 Vaccination programme update Feb 21 The Covid vaccination programme is now well underway and the NHS is delighted that people...
Jan 25, 2021


Healthwatch Portsmouth mentioned in Parliament
After speaking with Healthwatch Portsmouth, Stephen Morgan MP stood up for Portsmouth people struggling to access NHS dentistry or get...
Jan 18, 2021


Open letter to residents from local NHS leaders in Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Seventeen leaders representing 11 organisations in the area have jointly signed an open letter to residents. The letter calls on the...
Jan 18, 2021


National Lockdown starts Tuesday 5th January: ‘ Stay at Home’ advice issued
Coronavirus cases are rising rapidly across the country. Find out what you can and cannot do. Following on from the announcement from the...
Jan 5, 2021


Christmas and New Year 2020/21 Bank Holiday Pharmacy Opening Hours
The pharmacies listed in the PDF below should be open as shown. The details are correct at the time of publishing but are subject to...
Dec 21, 2020


GPs across Portsmouth, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight now giving give the Covid-19 vaccine.
As the Covid-19 vaccination programme starts to expand, GP surgeries across the area are now starting to administer the vaccine to...
Dec 18, 2020


National Quality Board – Vacancies for Patient and Public Voice Experts
In alignment with NHS England and NHS Improvement’s (NHSE-I) commitment to have two Patient and Public Voice (PPV) representatives on the...
Dec 15, 2020


QA Hospital hubs starting to administer the Coronavirus Vaccination
Portsmouth Hospital is one of the 50 hubs who will be administrating the Coronavirus Vaccination People aged 80 and over as well as care...
Dec 8, 2020


GP surgery websites in Portsmouth Healthwatch Portsmouth review of patient information
UPDATE: See the March 2021 follow up review here. Healthwatch Portsmouth is publishing today its report written in November of the review...
Dec 4, 2020


We Can Be Active
We Can Be Active are running an online conversation for everyone in Hampshire, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, for those of us who are...
Dec 1, 2020


Autism Hampshire Information, Advice and Guidance
Autism Hampshire Information, Advice and Guidance
Dec 1, 2020


Share your views on British Sign Language and community language interpreting services
Quality interpreting services can greatly help reduce people’s barriers to accessing the health services they need. Wessex Voices are...
Nov 26, 2020


Portsmouth High Intensity Service for Veterans – launching Monday 23rd November 2020
A Veteran’s Mental Health High Intensity Service (HIS) is launching on Monday 23rd November 2020 for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight area...
Nov 23, 2020


National Safeguarding Adults Week – Family Approach
Today’s theme is the Family Approach A Family Approach is one that secures better outcomes for children (including unborn babies), adults...
Nov 22, 2020
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