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Finding an NHS dentist in Portsmouth can be challenging. Due to high demand and staff shortage, you may find some NHS dentists in Portsmouth are not accepting new NHS patients or have long waiting lists currently. To make things easier, we have created an NHS dentist availability guide and a map showing NHS dental practices across Portsmouth. The map also includes nearby bus routes to help you plan your journey. A dentist working on his patient NHS dentist availability in Por

The 2026 summer bank holiday falls on Monday, 31 August 2026 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. If you need to get your medicine from a Portsmouth pharmacy, please check their opening time before making a move. To make it easy for you, we have collected Portsmouth and Hampshire's (Southampton, Fareham, Gosport, North Hampshire, West Hampshire, South Hampshire) pharmacy opening times: Here is a map showing all the pharmacies across the Southeast of England that will be o

Some patients have told us that they are not able to access digital appointment communications for hospital appointments. For people who don't have a smartphone, people with visual or other communication support needs, they need to receive information that is more accessible, and they haven’t been able to get it. Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHUT) needs to respond to them as a reasonable adjustment under the Equality Act. Following patients' requests, we have su