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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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