Category Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Somerset confronts violence against women and girls ahead of International Women’s Day

3 March 2023 · by · in domestic abuse, health and wellbeing, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The Safer Somerset Partnership’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has been working with students across Somerset to raise awareness about violence against women and girls (VAWG) ahead of International Women’s Day (8th March). Violence Against Women and Girls includes stalking, sexual offences, domestic abuse and female genital mutilation (FGM). The Partnership – which includes Somerset County […]

No Place Like Home – helping patients in Somerset leave hospital as soon as they’re well enough

22 December 2022 · by · in Adult Social Care, Latest information, Press releases, Public Health, Social Care, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Health and care organisations in Somerset are working together to raise awareness of the benefits of patients recovering at home as soon as they are well enough to leave hospital. ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ promotes the benefits of recovering at home to patients and their families. Being in hospital during a period of serious […]

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Ambitious plans to transform dementia services in Somerset

16 May 2022 · by · in Adult Social Care, health and wellbeing, Press releases, Public Health, Social Care, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Health and social care organisations in Somerset have unveiled ambitious plans to invest in services and transform care for the county’s 9,400 people living with dementia. Somerset County Council is working with the NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group and community and charitable sectors to redesign nursing and residential homes, and invest in new technologies and […]

Age 40-74? Get your free NHS Health Check

24 March 2022 · by · in Coronavirus, health and wellbeing, Health Protection, mental health, Press releases, Public Health, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Trudi Grant

Somerset Public Health is urging everyone who is eligible to get a free NHS Health Check to lower their risk of developing serious health conditions. The NHS Health Check is available for anyone between the age of 40 and 74 years, every five years, who does not have a pre-existing long-term condition. The NHS Health […]

Public Health Leaders Urge People to Step Forward for Booster Jabs

6 January 2022 · by · in Coronavirus, covid-19, Latest information, Press releases, Public Health, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Trudi Grant

Additional walk-in clinics are taking place across Somerset this week – giving local people more opportunities to get their Covid-19 jabs. After a healthy flurry of bookings for boosters/vaccinations pre-Christmas, there has been a noticeable drop off after the festive period. There is lots of walk-in availability at a number of vaccination sites across Somerset […]

Somerset school children set to help fight flu

14 October 2020 · by · in Clare Paul, Coronavirus, education, families, Families and Children, health and wellbeing, Health Protection, Latest information, Press releases, Public Health, Schools, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Trudi Grant

Somerset County Council is urging all parents and carers of school aged children to return their flu consent form and help children become ‘flu fighters’ this winter. All schools should have issued information about the flu vaccination to parents and carers of eligible children and young people asking them to fill in an online form […]