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Sep / 2023 Five people stood in a line in their NHS uniform smiling

Somerset leads the way with new service to detect womb cancer
Sep / 2023 A photo of members of the Yeovil Ophthalmology team.

A spotlight on our Yeovil Ophthalmology Diagnostic Centre
Sep / 2023 A photo of Shannon Johnson, who is a therapeutic radiographer who works for our NHS trust.

Shannon explores how to encourage careers in therapeutic radiography
Sep / 2023 A photo of members of the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Deaf Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services team.

Celebrating the work of our Deaf Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Sep / 2023 Group of NHS colleagues in Blue Scrubs

October 2023 – Industrial action update
Sep / 2023 Illustration with a mid blue background and a row of blue chairs ending with a single yellow chair. Above the chairs are the words Chief Medical Officer. Under those words is the single word Recruitment, all in white text. To the right of the text is a murmuration of birds in pale blue to flying in a sweep across the top right corner.

Could you be our next Chief Medical Officer?
Sep / 2023 Cricketer Jack Leach sat in a coffee shop.

England cricketer Jack Leach tells our nurse about his experience of sepsis
Sep / 2023 Four people modelling the latest dental technology.

No more dental putty – new technology improves patient experience at Musgrove
Sep / 2023 Three clinical colleagues sat together with a patient wearing sunglasses

Creating bespoke safety plans for our patients with learning disabilities
Sep / 2023

Our haematology service shares how to spot the signs of blood cancer

41,000 people are diagnosed with a blood cancer in the UK each year, with one in every 16 men and on

Sep / 2023 A photo of the the outside of Chard Community Hospital.

Chard Hospital minor injuries unit to open seven days a week from 5 September
Aug / 2023 Wendy Olayiwola, Felicia Kwaku OBE, and Sun Sander-Jackson stood side by side in the concourse at Musgrove Park Hospital

Sun Sander-Jackson begins new role to champion equality across the south west