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Our advice to people who need urgent mental health help

Globally over 800,000 people die by suicide annually, representing one person every 40 seconds.

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Trust invests almost £50k on community-based defibrillators

People who suffer a cardiac arrest in our community will soon have improved access to an emergency

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Sniff of hope – Somerset NHS colleagues provide odour samples for COVID-19 detection dog trial

Staff at SomersetFT are playing a vital role in a major trial to see if bio-detection dogs can sniff

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Ambitious programme to transform facilities and services at Musgrove Park

Work is underway at Musgrove Park on an ambitious programme to transform the hospital’s facilities

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NHS in Somerset asks people to prepare for the August bank holiday

Local health leaders are asking people to prepare for the upcoming bank holiday on Monday 31 August

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Update on routine outpatient appointments and non-urgent operations

We have recently started to reopen our outpatient services at Musgrove Park Hospital

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New funding to support emergency care in Somerset

It was announced last week that NHS trusts across the country have been allocated additional funding

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Changes to our maternity unit entrance

From Monday 10 August, the main entrance and reception area for the maternity unit at Musgrove Park

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Apprenticeships programme success for our audiology team

For many years it has been very difficult to recruit colleagues into the audiology profession. But a

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1,000th patient benefits from assessment at home instead of hospital

Health and social care professionals in Somerset are celebrating this week after the pioneering

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Somerset NHS colleagues take part in ground breaking COVID-19 study

We are delighted to report that almost 400 colleagues at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust have so far

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AHPs step in to help patients recover from COVID-19

You’ll have read a lot about our nursing and medical colleagues’ outstanding care of patients

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