Health and Wellbeing

It’s a huge milestone this month as the 500,000th patient received a diagnostic test at one of Somerset’s community diagnostic centres. The national community diagnostic centre programme began in August

Colleagues from Musgrove Park Hospital were joined yesterday evening (Monday 23 September) by National Trust volunteers as they lit up Wellington Monument to mark Organ Donation Week (23-29 September). This

The Taunton Group of  the national charity Cancer Research UK came together in 1974 when a small number of local volunteers wanted to raise both money and awareness of the

A Crewkerne home care provider was presented with the prestigious top trophy at an awards ceremony which celebrates the outstanding achievements of care staff. Care South at Home’s Somerset office

It was celebrations all round at Musgrove Park Hospital’s Day Surgery Centre as colleagues came together to mark 30 years since it opened the doors to its first patients. Just

Somerset, UK – In a significant development for mental health services in Somerset, Open Mental Health (OMH) has proudly announced the renewal of its contract to continue its trailblazing, inclusive

Colleagues at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust are pictured (left to right): Dr Paul Burn – consultant radiologist, Mr Neil Trent – consultant urologist, Miriam Spicer – cancer improvement manager, Adam

A new service that makes it easier to get checked for womb cancer has seen waiting times for a diagnosis reduce by 59 days. Since Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (FT)

A brand new service that makes it easier to get checked for womb cancer has launched across Somerset this week in a UK first.

Local charity, Age UK Somerset, is launching a new class in Staplegrove. Specially designed for people over 55, Flexercise is a gentle, seated exercise session which uses fun props and laughter to get you moving. This class is starting on Tuesday 10th October ’23.

Cancer treatment in Somerset has been handed a major boost following the opening of a brand new radiotherapy superficial x-ray unit at Musgrove Park. The new unit was purpose-built off

A new way of recruiting colleagues to the NHS in Taunton and West Somerset.

Construction work has started this week on the main build of a new £87 million surgical centre at Musgrove Park Hospital.

A team of Somerset gynaecological oncology doctors have been awarded nearly £300,000 by the Medical Research Council.

Patients are now able to access even more NHS care and treatment from the Taunton Diagnostic Centre building.

Patients being cared for at Musgrove Park Hospital, who also have struggles with alcohol, are now getting extra support thanks to a new service.

Local charity Age UK Somerset is keen to find people who would be happy to share an hour a week with an older person, in the Taunton area, to help reduce loneliness and increase laughter and smiles.

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust’s (FT) interventional radiology team is celebrating the award of ‘Exemplar Status’ by leading figures in the profession.

Two radiologists at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust have played a leading role in spreading the practice of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning to the healthcare system of Vietnam.

A catering team leader at Musgrove Park Hospital reached the final of this year’s Hospital Caterers’ Association awards.