Updated 13 October 2022
Havant Dialysis Unit is operated by Diaverum UK Limited. The service is situated in Havant, Portsmouth and provides a dialysis service under a contract with the local NHS trust. All the patients are NHS funded.
The unit opened in June 2020 as a nurse-led satellite dialysis unit of Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. Diaverum operates the service on behalf of the Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
There are 28 dialysis stations with two side rooms which can accommodate patients who required isolation if they are suspected of having an infection. The unit does not provide a service for people under 16 years. The dialysis unit operates Monday to Saturday and offers two to three sessions daily.
The provider is registered to provide the following regulated activity.
- Treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
Under these regulated activities the service provided:
Haemodialysis.
The service had a registered manager in post at the time of the inspection.
Our inspection was unannounced (staff did not know we were coming). This is the first time we have inspected this service following their registration in 2020.