A hospital has closed its emergency department to new admissions and declared a major incident after experiencing a serious power outage.
The outage at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire, also affected telephone lines.
Portsmouth university hospital NHS trust published on X: “As a result of a serious unexpected loss of power, the trust of the University of Portsmouth NHS hospitals has declared a major incident at the Queen Alexandra hospital.
“The hospital is safe and our staff are working hard to continue to provide care to patients who are already with us, but we have made the decision to close our emergency department to new patients.
“Patients with a serious medical condition should phone NHS 111 or 999 in an emergency and not attend the QA hospital emergency department. Telephone lines and the switchboard are also affected, so you will not be able to call or getting calls from the hospital right now.
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“Our on-site teams are working to restore power as quickly as possible. We expect some services will be affected today and there may be some cancellations, but please continue to attend unless you have been contacted or updated through us directly or our website/social media.”
