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Recommendations to improve hyper acute and acute strokes services in Somerset will be presented to the NHS Somerset Board for a decision next week, 25 January 2024. The recommendations are designed to ensure we have safe, sustainable stroke services in Somerset. The recommendations have been further developed by senior clinicians, health and care staff and…

As temperatures drop across the county, many people who experience homelessness can struggle even more with their health. People who are in temporary accommodation, or sleeping rough, face huge barriers to accessing healthcare, and as such, can potentially only live until their mid-40s – around 30 years younger than the general population. The award-winning Somerset…

Bernie Marden, Chief Medical Officer at NHS Somerset says Bernie Marden, Chief Medical Officer at NHS Somerset says “Cold weather and seasonal infections can be seriously bad for your health. That’s why it’s important to look after yourself and your family, especially during the winter. Somerset has a wide range of services to help everyone stay…

NHS Somerset Board has accepted a recommendation to take forward one preferred option for stroke services in Somerset for more detailed analysis. Following further evaluation, a final recommendation whether to proceed with this option will be made to the Board in a decision-making business case. The preferred option for the future proposes a hyper acute…

Somerset Community Foundation, in partnership with Somerset Council and NHS Somerset, recently awarded over £150,000 in grants to 44 local community groups in the latest round of Cost-of-Living grants this summer. The grants will help groups across the county cope with rising energy bills and offer more support to people in Somerset who are struggling…

Written by Laura Devlin Earlier this year, NHS Somerset’s Homeless Health Service won the 2023 NHS Parliamentary Health Equality award, which recognises organisations that work collaboratively to “reduce health inequalities and prevent ill health in their community”. Laura Devlin, an inclusion and homeless health GP, explains how the service works and how the newly published Inclusion Health Framework…

Last Thursday, leaders from the voluntary sector, NHS and Somerset Council, gathered in Taunton to sign an historic document outlining a shared vision and commitment to work more closely together to achieve better health and wellbeing for the people of Somerset. The event, attended by over 60 representatives from the county’s charities, NHS and Somerset…

NHS Somerset completed its 12-week public consultation in April 2023, which gathered feedback about the future of acute hospital-based stroke services in Somerset, from people living in Somerset and people who use Somerset hospitals. We wish to thank everyone that took part and shared their views. The public consultation is one part of a bigger…

Somerset’s ‘Walk for a Life’ event, aimed at raising awareness of suicide prevention, returned on Saturday 9 September for the second time. Starting at Castle House at the Museum of Somerset at 10:30am, crowds gathered to take the mile long walk through Taunton’s Town Centre, passing through meaningful locations to commemorate those impacted by suicide within the…