With recruitment into the NHS having never been so important as now, colleagues from the people services team at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust have been busy inspiring the next generation – right from the very beginning of their school days!
In the UK, there’s a large group of patients with compression of their spinal cord – otherwise known as degenerative cervical myelopathy – and this causes long term damage to the spine.
Stroke care and research colleagues at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust have teamed up to test a pioneering new nerve stimulation therapy, in bid to improve hand and arm weakness in stroke survivors.
The League of Friends of Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton has given a grant of close to £90,000 to improve and expand eye treatments at the hospital.
Unpaid carers in Somerset are invited to join Somerset Council, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Community Council for Somerset (CCS) for a series of drop-in sessions throughout 2025.
A groundbreaking new way of monitoring a patient’s pacemaker is being trialled at Musgrove Park Hospital, thanks to the research of a cardiology doctor at the hospital.
Colleagues at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust who are involved in the care of people with diabetes have recently been praised as part of a national
More people in Somerset with ovarian cancer are surviving over 12 months from diagnosis than almost everywhere else in the country, according to a report published by NHS England.
Clinicians at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust are sharing important advice and guidance on how to help prevent a fall at home.
A midwife at Musgrove Park Hospital has scooped a prestigious national Cavell Star Award for showing exceptional care to the families she’s cared for.
Doctors at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust are leading an important study into whether new mothers or birth parents would prefer to have a cervical screening
It’s a huge milestone this month as the 500,000th patient received a diagnostic test at one of Somerset’s community diagnostic centres.
People who regularly attend Somerset’s emergency departments are getting additional help to find services that can better meet their needs.
A brand-new service that makes it easier for people to get checked for bowel cancer has launched in Bridgwater.
The new service is open to people aged 40-49, who are registered with a local GP in Somerset.
Maternity teams at Yeovil Hospital and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust have received outstanding feedback for the care they provide families across the county. Results from
Clinicians who care for patients with dementia and delirium are now able to access additional support, thanks to a new specialist dementia nurse role introduced
July 5th 1948 was a historic moment in our country’s history. It was the day our pioneering National Health Service (NHS) was born, bringing free
Following a Government commitment, car parking at Musgrove Park Hospital will be free of charge for the following groups of people from the 1st July:
More patients than ever before can be cared for at Musgrove Park Hospital’s critical care unit thanks to a brand new extension that opened this
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (FT) is supporting a national day of reflection on 23 March to remember people who have died during the pandemic, and
Staff at the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust are playing a vital role in a major trial to see if bio-detection dogs can sniff out coronavirus
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