Portsmouth hospital A&E reopens after power cut forces closure

A hospital has reopened its emergency department after closing it to new admissions and declaring a major incident following a power cut.

- Caroline Davies

The outage yesterday morning at the Queen Alexandra hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire, also affected phone lines. A small number of procedures had to be cancelled.

The hospital said electricity had since been restored to most of the site, allowing the emergency department to reopen. It downgraded the effects of the power cut from a major incident to an internal critical incident.