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Damage caused by the fire in the west wing of Southampton General Hospital on February 1, 2026. Picture: University Hospital Southampton

60 beds still closed after devastating fire at hospital

Proposed Welborne Northern Primary School. Image: Hampshire County Council

School and GP surgery pushed back to 2029 amid slower house sales

Survivors (L-R) Richard Warwick, Adrian Goodyear, Steve Nicholls and Gary Webster. Image: OPCC
Survivors (L-R) Richard Warwick, Adrian Goodyear, Steve Nicholls and Gary Webster. Image: OPCC

No investigation despite infected blood victims giving statements

Lara Kynvin, Project Lead for Portsmouth Baton of Hope

'Particularly compassionate' anti-suicide campaigner took her own life

Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre. Image: Hampshire Hospitals

Specialist says patients are never ‘too young’ for knee replacement

Siony Perez, radiographer, at Portsmouth Community Diagnostic Centre.

See inside the new Portsmouth Community Diagnostic Centre

Mitch and Cliff Waudby are part of the catering team for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Gosport.

Brothers cooking for NHS patients in Gosport reach competition finals

Kuba Graczyk, 37, has been jailed after stealing from the NHS in Chichester among a spree of burglaries.

'Determined offender' who stole computer equipment from NHS jailed

Dr Hayley Cousins, clinical director, and Justin Cousins, operations manager, at Coastal Private GP & Aesthetics.

Picture: Sarah Standing

New GP surgery opens in Fareham

The former Bluewater Care Home could be converted into new housing

Kingston Road co-living scheme could expand under new plans

Resident doctors have begun five days of industrial action today (July 25).

Portsmouth hospital trust faces £13.9m deficit amid bed shortage

Courtney and Harlow

Woman recounts traumatic birth experience at QA hospital

A lack of NHS dentists in Portsmouth is causing a crisis, city councillors have said Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Figures show NHS dentist visits for children is a national low

A packed Southsea beach in the 1920s, but what was the occasion?

Portsmouth’s changing health: 100 years of progress and challenges

The new surgery in Fareham

New GP surgery opens for same-day appointments

World-leading medical pods are being built for the Royal Navy by Force Development Services in Fareham. Pictured is: Managing director Claire Hemmings and business development director Paul Keating-Brown, former Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander.

'Plug-and-play' flexible medical pods being developed for Royal Navy
Trials have already taken place on different ships as the Royal Navy looks forward to the future of medical treatment
Freddie Webb

Organ donations have declined sharply amid an NHS call to action.

'Sharp decline' in organ donations as urgent NHS action plan launched

Patient waiting room

ADHD assessment waits reach a staggering 111 weeks

New Health offers clinician-led weight management designed to fit around everyday life, without the need for in-person appointments.

What private weight management treatments are available without NHS?

Flu vaccinations will be available from September 1

Flu vaccinations now available for children and pregnant women

More than 850 of the hardest-to-reach members of communities across the country will be seen onboard

Mobile dental unit to deliver care to rough sleepers

A new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) is nearing completion in Portsmouth.

See inside the new Community Diagnostic Centre in Portsmouth

Resident of Berewood were promised a health centre would be built to accommodate the thousands of new homes. However, 14 years after planning permission was granted a dispute has arisen over who should be building it.

'Discussions ongoing' but a health centre is still no closer

Liz Blacklock has won a Women in Innovation prize for her app

Ex-nurse wins award for app that keeps people out of hospital

Thousands of teenagers have already been vaccinated.

Thousands of Hampshire teenagers receive first dose of new vaccine

Fire at Headon Warren on the Isle of Wight

Cost of Hampshire fire service response to rising demands

Off the fence - Amanda Martin

OFF THE FENCE: Andy Burnham - King of the (Portsmouth) North
Off the Fence – by Amanda Martin, MP for Portsmouth North
Amanda Martin

A generic photo of a woman holding a dementia sufferer's hands.

New dementia hub could be created in Portsmouth to help carers

Stephen Morgan MP

POLITICAL COMMENT: MP welcomes calls to reshape National Lottery

Picture: Malcolm Wells

Number of patients receiving 'corridor care' at QA goes up

Sea pollution is a prominient and contentious issue in and around Portsmouth, not least because the Solent is one of the world's busiest waterways. Beachgoers will be warned not to swim in Southsea this summer after the Environment Agency found a bathing site with poor water quality.

Popular community event cancelled due to heatwave

Minister for Care Stephen Kinnock visited the University of Portsmouth's Dental Academy in Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, related to dentistry provision in the region.

Two new dentist clinics coming to solve 'dental desert'

Lucy Gatward was 180 hours away from becoming a registered paramedic when she was struck down with long covid in February 2022. She has been unable to work since and is fundraising for a new wheelchair to help improve her life.

Student paramedic struck down by covid calls for help

Nearly two in 10 older people avoided going to A&E during winter last year due to these concerns

Six in 10 over 65s worry about catching flu from A&E trips

South Central Ambulance Service vehicles

Breakdowns by ageing ambulances affect NHS trust’s performance

The Haslar plans

£19m health contract for detention centre ‘three times’ local NHS spend per head

Sue and Harry Secombe QE2 1979

Tribute to ever-smiling heroine of care and compassion Sue Williams

From left, Dr Hushi Hu, a neonatal consultant at PHU, Mark Gardner, head of radiology IT and digital imaging architect for PHU, and Dr Ramkrishna Ramnauth, a consultant in acute medicine at PHU
A new approach to sharing diagnostic images captured by doctors at the point of care is informing time-critical decisions for some of the most unwell babies in hospital with patients in emergency and intensive care settings set to benefit next.

QA introduces way of sharing scans of ill babies to get expert help

New figures reveal the extent of corridor care

QA apologises for number of patients given 'corridor care'

This week is National Blood Week

Ad Feature Survey reveals the real reason people don’t give blood

Huge increase in patients seen by NHS dentist in Hampshire

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) undertook an unannounced assessment of the urgent and emergency care services at QA Hospital on 6, 7, and 10 May 2025.

QA 'very busy' as critical incidents continue at Hampshire hospitals

Minister for Care Stephen Kinnock visited the University of Portsmouth's Dental Academy in Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

When the effects of the new dental school will be felt in Portsmouth

Minister for Care Stephen Kinnock visited the University of Portsmouth's Dental Academy in Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, related to dentistry provision in the region.

University of Portsmouth awarded 25 new dental training places

Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham

NHS in Hampshire pays out £1.7m to staff who were injured at work

Sharpsmart works with hospitals and healthcare providers across the UK to deliver specialist healthcare waste services.

Ad Feature Sharpsmart strengthens waste service resilience and greener logistics

Co-founders of Predictive Health Intelligence, Tim Jobson and Neil Stevens

Ad Feature New study reveals new way to find serious liver disease earlier

Copnor Pharmacy have been praised for showing pharmacies can play a central role in the new neighbourhood health structure.

Portsmouth pharmacy praised as shift to neighbourhood health continues

A HR graduate has told how she fell into a seven-year ketamine addiction after getting hooked to the "cheap" drug she could buy for just Â£8.50 a go. // Kate Douglas, 27, began taking cocaine at parties aged 17 before trying ketamine because it was cheaper. It started just at weekends, but soon she was secretly taking it daily, and she sank to just 6st 0lbs after the drug robbed her of her desire to eat. Over the years her addiction ate through thousands of pounds of her salary and savings - Â£100,000 in total - and saw Kate, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, go into multiple temporary accommodations while "following the drugs".

'Ketamine will rob you of everything - I'm lucky to be alive'

A beauty aesthetics business has been given permission to operate from a bedroom in Fareham. Picture posed by models

Aesthetics business to operate from ‘small’ bedroom

Southampton General Hospital. Picture: LDRS

Hospital trust needs to make £81m savings to break even

Doctor checking blood pressure of a patient, he is measuring pulses with a sphygmomanometer, hands close up. Photo: Adobe - for illustrative purposes

Enough money to pay for 260 doctors has leaked out of NHS in profits

Ad Feature Spring COVID-19 vaccination campaign launches in Portsmouth

Stephen Morgan MP

MP accompanies ambulance crew shift following 'waiting list drop'

The Covid jab programme has opened for 2026

Hampshire's Covid jab programme opens for 2026