What services are included in the consultation
NHS Somerset is committed to understanding the needs of the local population. This is to ensure we can continue to deliver the best possible healthcare services in Somerset.
We are consulting on the future configuration of acute hospital based stroke services, which includes hyper acute stroke and acute stroke services.
This is the specialist hospital care people receive in the first few days and weeks after a stroke.
Acute hospital based stroke treatment in Somerset currently takes place at:
- Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton
- Yeovil District Hospital, Yeovil.
Some people who live in Somerset may receive stroke care at other hospitals in neighbouring counties. Only the two hospitals in Somerset are part of these proposals.
This consultation does not include the support and rehabilitation that is provided when patients are discharged from hospital following a stroke. Patients would continue to receive community rehabilitation stroke care, provided in the local community as they would do now.
No changes are being proposed to the stroke rehabilitation services provided at South Petherton Community Hospital or Williton Community Hospital. The early supported discharge at home scheme where rehabilitation is provided in your home would continue to be offered.
