UHS Patient and Family Support Hub
@UHS_SupportHub
A single point of contact providing practical and holistic support for UHS patients, carers and families.
We're excited to share that we've moved to a new location at @UHSFT, and rebranded as the Patient and Family Support Hub!🎉 We're still offering the same services, but with more space to offer patients, families and carers a quiet space in the hospital. Further details below 👇

Please note, our opening hours will look slightly different for the next couple of weeks. See below for details👇:

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a drop-in carers afternoon tea for unpaid carers on Wednesday 20th August 1-3pm at @UHSFT, with Unpaid Carers Support Southampton! ❤️ Please see below for details 👇:


Our lovely bracelet making group in the Hub this afternoon ❤our bracelet making sessions run every 2 weeks and are open to @UHSFT patients, families and carers. The next session will be on the 7th August💎

Our lovely volunteer, June, will be available today in the Patient and Family Support Hub for an afternoon of bracelet making! Details below: 👇❤️

Our weekly Wednesday movie in the Patient and Family Support Hub this afternoon will be Castaway! Please see below for details: 👇❤️

Join us this afternoon in the Patient and Family Support Hub for an afternoon of games! Details below: 👇❤️

One of our wonderful volunteer responders, Tony, heading out for the day! Today we are delivering 2 long term patients washing to a local laundrette, a zimmer frame essential for a patients discharge, and an urgent piece of respiratory equipment to a patient. Thank you Tony!♥

We have our bi-weekly Monday knit and natter session this afternoon in the Patient and Family Support Hub 🧶Come and learn to knit or crochet a square, bring a current project, or just come for a natter! Details below: 👇❤️

Our weekly Wednesday movie this afternoon will be a showing of...Pitch Perfect! Patients, families and carers are welcome to join us this afternoon in the Hub for our weekly movie. Please see details below: 👇❤️:

We had such a joyous afternoon in the Hub yesterday thanks to our amazing staff and volunteer choir! The patients really enjoyed singing along and having some time off of the wards. If you are interested to join the staff and volunteer choir, please see details below👇♥

Join us in the Patient and Family Support Hub today for our brand new activity featured on our timetable - games afternoon! Please see details below👇❤️:

Patients, families and carers are welcome to join us today in the Patient and Family Support Hub at @UHSFT for a very special summer performance with our staff and volunteer choir! 🎶 Please see details below: 👇❤️

We were so pleased to receive this wonderful feedback recently from a ward manager, who brought one of their patients down to visit us. Creating an environment where patients, families and carers can have some quiet space and feel safe is so important to us ❤️👇:

One of our lovely regular patients enjoying our most recent Pets As Therapy session in the Patient and Family Support Hub at @UHSFT. Thank you to Roger and Kimmy the Labrador, and all of our wonderful Pets As Therapy volunteers for bringing smiles to so many faces ❤️👇

This week we hosted the Moving Forward course in our Garden Room, run by the charity Breast Cancer Now. The Moving Forward course supports those who have finished breast cancer treatment to connect with others in a safe and supportive space💗

On Thursday's, we garden!🍃meet our wonderful volunteer gardener, Anne, who always keeps our PFSH garden looking neat and tidy. The garden is open 24/7 for staff, patients and families to access a beautiful outdoor space at @UHSFT, and is next to our Hub on B Level East Wing❤️


Patients, families and carers are welcome to join us this afternoon for a bracelet making session with one of our fabulous volunteers, June! Please see details below: 👇❤️

Patients, families and carers are welcome to join us this afternoon for our weekly Wednesday movie afternoon. This week, Shrek! Please see details below: 👇❤️

Please be aware, that due to volunteer training our office will be closed from 1pm today, Tuesday 8th July 2025. Normal opening hours will resume from 09:30am on Wednesday 9th July 2025❤️

Please be aware, that due to volunteer training our office will be closed from 1pm today, Tuesday 8th July 2025. Normal opening hours will resume from 09:30am on Wednesday 9th July 2025❤️
