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Our monthly newsletter brings together news and updates from across Somerset’s health and care organisations, providing you with a range of helpful updates, news and events from across the county.  This month, our newsletter is introduced by Gary Newton from Somerset Open Mental Health (OMH) – who talks about the Open Mental Health alliance, a…

Hundreds of residents from across Somerset came together today to participate in the third annual ‘Walk for a Life’ event in Taunton, to mark World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September. The walk, organised to honour those lost to suicide and to raise awareness about suicide prevention, saw a diverse group of participants, including families,…

The latest edition of Our Somerset is now available. Our monthly newsletter brings together news and updates from across Somerset’s health and care organisations, providing you with a range of helpful updates, news and events from across the county.  This month we hear about the importance of vaccinations and our vaccination priorities for this year…

This month we hear all about Somerset’s Big Conversation Roadshow from Charlotte Callen, Director of Communications, Engagement and Marketing. We find out how colleagues at Exmoor Medical Centre are meeting the challenges of rural healthcare, how Somerset charities are tackling the volunteering decline in Somerset and we catch up on the amazing work being done by…

It’s a jam-packed edition this month – hear from Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Chief Nursing Officer, Hayley Peters and Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Operations, NHS Somerset, Shelagh Meldrum as they talk about the importance of personalised care. We celebrate Matt Day, a Somerset-based Social Prescribing Link Worker who has recently won an award for…

During Diabetes Awareness Week 10 -17 June, NHS Somerset is launching a campaign to raise awareness of Type 2 diabetes and help patients understand the support they can gain from the free NHS Type 2 Pathway to Remission Programme in Somerset. Somerset GP Henk Bruggers says “In Somerset there are already over 30,000 people living…

This month our newsletter is introduced by Katherine Nolan, Chief Executive of Spark Somerset – who talks about the importance of volunteering and how this can spark a positive change in people. There is also information on NHS Somerset’s Big Conversation Roadshow, a spotlight on a recent VCFSE research event as well as some great…

Update on the implementation phase following the Integrated Care Board meeting 23/05/2024 Following the unanimous decision taken by NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board in January to improve our acute stroke services, we agreed to keep the public informed on the next steps in the process. We have now started to implement the plans, which were…