Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is a

NHS foundation trust A foundation trust is a semi-autonomous organisational unit within the National Health Service in England. They have a degree of independence from the Department of Health and Social Care (and, until the abolition of SHAs in 2013, their local st ...

providing services for NHS England in

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, England. It manages a number of hospitals providing mental,

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and acute hospital care across the whole county. In April 2023, the trust merged with

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust runs Yeovil District Hospital in Yeovil, Somerset, England. It provides acute care for a population of about 180,000, people living in South Somerset, North and West Dorset, and parts of Mendip. The ...

to form a single trust covering the whole county.

History

The trust was formed from the merger of Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and

Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust was an NHS trust which managed Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. It merged with Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to form Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in 2020. Dr Sam Barrell was appointed ...

on 1 April 2020. In September 2021 it opened a new diagnostic centre on the outskirts of

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near the M5, operating in partnership with Rutherford Health. This will provide CT scans, magnetic resonance imaging, X-rays, ultrasound and other imaging services. The trust pay a tariff price for activity and is reimbursed for the use of its staff. Rutherford Health went into liquidation in June 2022 and a new contract was made with

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. In November 2020 it was reported to be planning a merger with

, which would create England’s first provider of primary, acute, community and mental health care services. The merger took place on 1 April 2023.

Hospitals

The trust manages

Musgrove Park Hospital Musgrove Park Hospital is a large NHS hospital located in Taunton, Somerset, England, run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. Originally a US Army General Hospital during the Second World War, it became an NHS hospital in 1951. History The 67th ...

, Yeovil Hospital, mental health units in Bridgwater,

and Wells, and 12

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References

External links

* {{Official website
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
on the NHS website
Inspection reports
from the

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NHS foundation trusts Health in Somerset

History

Hospitals

See also

References

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