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South Central Ambulance Service vehicles

Breakdowns by ageing ambulances affect NHS trust’s performance

Portsmouth City Council's director of public health Helen Atkinson, who has been made an MBE for services to public health

Portsmouth's health boss thanks team after being honoured by King

138 new or replacement ambulances were delivered to the South Central area between April 2025 and March 2026

138 "state-of-the-art" ambulances delivered to South Central area

Doctors are set to go on strike next month

Hampshire services to be affected as resident doctor strikes announced

Alan Mak MP

Political Comment: Havant MP Alan Mak continues to vote against Assisted Dying B...

Nicola Crowson running in the London Marathon for Sarcoma UK

Portsmouth academic describes ‘quiet chaos’ of rare cancer in powerful House of ...

Union to protest "deeply concerning" potential job cuts at QA Hospital

A child cancer task force sparked by Sophie's Legacy has been paused by the government. Labour health secretary Wes Streeting and Gosport MP, Dame Caroline Dinenage, spoke about the issue in parliament.

Child cancer task force linked to Sophie's Legacy paused

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman. (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman

Bereaved mother calls for greater asthma awareness

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

Breaking NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

Dame Caroline Dinenage, Member of Parliament for Gosport, has met with the Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay, to discuss her campaign for a Childhood Cancer Mission.

Childhood Cancer Mission continues to make progress

Breaking 39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

At Mean Health Practice in Fareham, 69% of patients surveyed said their experience of booking appointments was poor. Pic Google

7 worst doctors’ surgeries to book an appointment at in Portsmouth area

One in eight pregnant women in Portsmouth were smokers at the time of delivery. Picture: Sean Dempsey/PA

Pregnant women smoking - Portsmouth average higher than rest of Hampshire

Two-thirds of adults in Portsmouth are overweight or obese. Picture by Adobe Stock

Two-thirds of Portsmouth adults are overweight shocking statistics reveal
A shocking two-thirds of adults in Portsmouth were estimated to be overweight or obese last year, new figures show.
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South Central Ambulance Service

Two ambulance strike dates cancelled by trade unions

Drug treatment deaths have almost doubled in Portsmouth. Picture: Paul Faith/PA.

Drug treatment deaths almost double in Portsmouth

Surgeon carry out an operation to remove a tumour from a patient at an NHS hospital. Photo: Andrew Parsons/PA.

Patients wait weeks for treatment after operations are cancelled

The NHS Healthy Start card allows families to buy food and milk for children. (Photo: AdobeStock)

Parents warned over popular baby food that has ‘more sugar than Coca-Cola’

New regulations which will be in force in England, in October, will limit the advertising of food high in fat, salt, and sugar. Picture: SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images.

Kellog's launches legal challenge against government

Calorie counts to feature on menus from today to tackle obesity

Not only can falls result in fractures and sustained injuries, but they can also have a long-term effect

Ad Feature Free Falls Prevention Guide for older adults

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No limit on number of care home visitors from Monday

Pregnant women getting Covid-19 vaccine

New campaign calls on pregnant women to get Covid-19 vaccine to reduce risk to b...

These NHS prescription rule changes could leave millions of people worse off

Health leaders issue warning over Covid booster appointment no-shows Chelsea Rocks

From 7December UK holidaymakers must take a pre-departure Covid test (Photo: Getty Images)

Pre-departure Covid tests to return for UK travellers in rule crackdown

British adults could get fourth Covid jab as deal agreed for 114m extra doses

Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks to resident Kathleen during a visit to Westport Care Home in east London on September 7, 2021. - Breaking an election pledge not to raise taxes, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced hefty new funding to fix a social care crisis and a pandemic surge in hospital waiting lists. (Photo by Paul EDWARDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PAUL EDWARDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

These are the new rules on the social care cap in England

All care home workers in England are legally required to have been fully vaccinated by 11 November (Photo: Getty Images)

Thousands of care home staff to lose jobs as Covid jab policy kicks in

Molunpiravir has been shown to cut the risk of hospital admission or death by 50% among at-risk adults (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two new Covid antiviral drugs secured to protect most at-risk this winter

Rachel Jack from Emsworth

Emsworth mum who suffers chronic migraines transforms her life with swimming

Mandatory requirements would mean only those who are fully vaccinated against Covid, unless medically exempt, could be deployed to deliver health and care services (Photo: Shutterstock)

Consultation on mandatory Covid vaccination for health and care staff begins

Anyone over the age of 18 in the UK can opt in to the antibody testing programme (Photo: Getty Images)

How to get a Covid antibody test as new UK programme launches this week

The government will remove some 57 companies from its list on Monday (23 August) as they no longer exist, or do not provide the relevant tests required for travel (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Cowboy’ Covid travel test providers to be struck off Gov.uk list over misleadin...

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been given approval for use in children aged 12 to 17 (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna Covid vaccine given green light for 12 to 17 year-olds in UK

Covid test should be capped at £40 to save aviation sector, claims Conservative ...

Three-quarters of adults in the UK have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Three-quarters of adults have received both doses of Covid vaccine - how to book...

A Government source said that Spain "won't be going on the Amber watchlist" (Photo: JAIME REINA/AFP via Getty Images)

'It's not going to happen': Spain avoids being placed on UK Red travel list as B...

12.6 billion PPE items are stored in the UK as central stock, which costs around £6.7 million per week (Photo: Getty Images)

Taxpayers will be paying costs of pandemic for decades - with Covid bill already...

Fully jabbed frontline NHS staff in England will, in “exceptional circumstances”, be permitted to carry on working if they are “pinged” (Getty Images)

Fully jabbed NHS staff could be spared from isolation rules to avoid ‘pingdemic’

The Health Secretary urged all those eligible to take up the jab (Photo: LEWIS WHYLD/AFP via Getty Images)

UK to offer 35m people free jabs in biggest ever roll out - how to book yours

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A record number of abortions have been recorded in Hampshire

No “variants of concern” were reported among any passengers returning from amber countries (Photo: Getty Images)

Just 1 in every 200 travellers from amber list countries testing positive for Co...

Ministers are reportedly preparing to announce that care home workers in England will be required to have mandatory Covid vaccines (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid vaccines set to be made a requirement for care home staff in England

About one million people aged 30 and 31 will get a text message in coming days (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Indian variant hotspots told ‘there are no local lockdowns’ as new guidance issu...

GV of QA hospital, Portsmouth on 15 October 2020.

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Sale of £327m loan used as part of Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth redeve...

Human rights of 500 people may have been breached over 'do not resuscitate' decisions during pandemic (Photo: Shutterstock)

Human rights of 500 people may have been breached over 'do not resuscitate' deci...

This is how rapid Covid testing of pupils will work - and the risk of infection ...

The tests will be available to families and children from 1 March (Photo: Getty Images)

Families with children in school or college to get free Covid tests under reopen...

More than one million face masks issued to NHS workers may fail to meet safety standards, the Government has warned (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

NHS told to stop using over a million masks issued to workers that ‘may not meet...

Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic procurement contracts - what happens now? (Photo by Molly Darlington - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic procurement contracts - what happens...

Mencap Chief Executive called the DNACPR notices "unacceptable" (Photo: KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Covid patients with learning disabilities may have been issued blanket ‘do not r...

People begin surge testing for the Kent coronavirus variant - which is thought to spread more easily than the original novel coronavirus - in Mancheste (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The Government might be rolling out 'surge' Covid testing nationally - what you ...