Portsmouth’s Enhanced Care Home Team is providing better support for people living in Portsmouth care homes. 

A new way of supporting people’s mental and emotional wellbeing will soon be up and running in Portsmouth.

Two GP practices in Portsmouth are set to merge this summer.

As we finally emerge from our winter cocoons and move into spring and summer, many of us can experience symptoms such as a runny nose and itchy eyes.

The Easter bank holiday is just around the corner and people are being urged to consider if they have enough medicine to last.

In this Diabetes Prevention Week (1-7 April), people in the Portsmouth area are being urged to join a national programme to help them reduce their risk of Type 2 diabetes.

A new service in Portsmouth is helping people to find new ways of improving their sense of wellbeing – from booking Tai Chi classes, to helping people restore routine into their daily lives.

Portsmouth’s new 24/7 Integrated Primary Care Service (IPCS) has already had more than 20,000 patient contacts – seven months after it started. 

The number of antibiotics being prescribed in the Portsmouth and south east Hampshire area is falling thanks to better awareness about when to use them.

A new service is about to open up in Portsmouth, creating a centre for better emotional and mental health in the city. The service is a joint initiative between NHS Portsmouth CCG, Solent NHS Trust, Portsmouth City Council, and Solent Mind.

With icy weather forecast over coming weeks, and Portsmouth having higher rates of emergency hospital admissions from falls, Public Health within Portsmouth City Council is offering advice to help people avoid falls.

Local health and care organisations in the Portsmouth area are joining forces this week to host a winter health and care event.

There are a variety of health services available to use which can sometimes get confusing.

Several thousand people across the Portsmouth and south east Hampshire areas are being urged to take up their invitation to participate in the 2019 GP Patient Survey. 

The local NHS is facing high demands and with the weather set to get colder over the next couple of days people are being reminded of the healthcare options available to them.

Lots of pharmacies will be changing their opening hours over the festive season, which means it’s very important to make sure we all have everything we need to stay well over Christmas.

Christmas will be here before we know it, and with three weekdays lost to public holidays over the coming festive period, people who need repeat prescriptions are being reminded to plan ahead.

The NHS in Portsmouth and south east Hampshire is reviewing the way that wheelchair services work, to learn how improvements can be made.

Nine of Portsmouth’s GP practices are offering patients a new ‘fast response’ online consultation – in a bid to improve access to services.