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May / 2023 Three colleagues stood outside a green building. They are all smiling at the camera and all wearing the Somerset FT lanyards. the left colleague and the middle are wearing glasses.

Three colleagues stood outside a green building. They are all smiling at the camera and all wearing the Somerset FT lanyards. the left colleague and the middle are wearing glasses.

Introducing our new children and young people’s Access Team

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May / 2023 Our catering team leader at Musgrove Park Hospital, Amanda Vickery, is photographed from the waist up holding her catering certificate showing she reached the final of this year’s Hospital Caterers’ Association awards. She has blonde shoulder length hair, a fringe and is wearing glasses. The background is a blurred professional kitchen setting.

Our catering team leader at Musgrove Park Hospital, Amanda Vickery, is photographed from the waist up holding her catering certificate showing she reached the final of this year’s Hospital Caterers’ Association awards. She has blonde shoulder length hair, a fringe and is wearing glasses. The background is a blurred professional kitchen setting.

Amanda put in national spotlight for dedication to hospital catering

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May / 2023 Photo of the Wellington Road entrance to the Musgrove Park Hospital site.

Temporary closure of Wellington Road entrance to Musgrove Park (27-29 May)

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May / 2023 A consultant wearing a blue and grey shirt and a nurse in a blue dress with yellow edging, both looking at a screen that is displaying information regarding the liver. The patient is lying on the bed with her tummy exposed while the nurse is holding a bladder scanner to the side of the patient.

A consultant wearing a blue and grey shirt and a nurse in a blue dress with yellow edging, both looking at a screen that is displaying information regarding the liver. The patient is lying on the bed with her tummy exposed while the nurse is holding a bladder scanner to the side of the patient.

How clinical research is helping to detect liver disease in patients

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May / 2023 Two Somerset FT colleagues in a clinical room, stood either side of a patient sat on a medical chair. The patient has a headband covering his head which has wires coming out attached to a computer. There is a computer screen in the background monitoring results.

Two Somerset FT colleagues in a clinical room, stood either side of a patient sat on a medical chair. The patient has a headband covering his head which has wires coming out attached to a computer. There is a computer screen in the background monitoring results.

Treatment for severe depression now available on the NHS in Somerset

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May / 2023 Sophie, wearing a floral red dress, with a blue parker jacket is stood in front of double white doors which is the entrance to Lower Bracken house. On the left hand side is some green tall buses with a four foot pole with a night light on the top.

Sophie, wearing a floral red dress, with a blue parker jacket is stood in front of double white doors which is the entrance to Lower Bracken house. On the left hand side is some green tall buses with a four foot pole with a night light on the top.

Mental Health Awareness Week: A focus on anxiety

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May / 2023 A group of colleagues in scrubs and medical uniforms in a clean and bright white hospital corridor

New day theatre at Yeovil Hospital opens to patients today

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May / 2023 Peter lewis, chief executive of Somerset Foundation NHS Trust, with seven colleagues stood in front of a theatre style machine that has a scope attached showing microscopic images.

Peter lewis, chief executive of Somerset Foundation NHS Trust, with seven colleagues stood in front of a theatre style machine that has a scope attached showing microscopic images.

New spinal surgery technique set to transform Somerset patients’ experience

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May / 2023

Somerset’s Discharge to Assess service team members are photographed in two rows with six colleagues crouched down at the front and a further eight colleagues standing behind them against a bright green backdrop. Six of the colleagues are wearing smart/casual day clothes and the rest are in uniform with a mixture of light green tunic tops and white tunics with navy blue trim, representing the different clinical and non clinical roles within the team.

Discharge to Assess helps 8,300 patients return home in first three years

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May / 2023 maternal mental health service team members are photographed with the heads, shoulders and tops of torsos of three colleagues in the front row and five further colleagues gathered behind with the tallest in the centre. Each of the team is wearing daytime clothing and blue lanyards around their necks, smiling directly towards the camera.

maternal mental health service team members are photographed with the heads, shoulders and tops of torsos of three colleagues in the front row and five further colleagues gathered behind with the tallest in the centre. Each of the team is wearing daytime clothing and blue lanyards around their necks, smiling directly towards the camera.

Delivering trauma-informed maternal mental health care in Somerset

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Apr / 2023 A group of six Somerset NHS FT colleagues in blue scrubs looking happy to be in the light and bright clinical room. There is a bed on one side of the group and an Endoscopy machine on the left hand side with a computer screen on top.

A group of six Somerset NHS FT colleagues in blue scrubs looking happy to be in the light and bright clinical room. There is a bed on one side of the group and an Endoscopy machine on the left hand side with a computer screen on top.

Third room opens at Bridgwater Hospital’s endoscopy unit

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Apr / 2023

Breast care fundraisers in blue hard hats, breast care team and builders in white hard hats stand wearing hi vis jackets outside Yeovil Hospital at the site the new breast care unit will be built. The group are gathered, looking towards the camera with a road in the background. At the front, the breast care consultant is posed with a shiny spade and a fund raiser in a wheelchair in the front of the photo holds a large pink ribbon cut out image.

Construction begins on new Breast Cancer Unit as fundraising efforts continue

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