NHS Somerset is the organisation that considers the health needs of the population and commissions local health providers to deliver services that meet these needs.
The main aims are:
- to improve health and reduce health inequalities
- to eliminate waiting
- to improve health services, with a particular focus on unscheduled care
Service Providers commissioned by NHS Somerset
Somerset Community Health www.somcomhealth.nhs.uk
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust www.tsft.nhs.uk
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust www.yeovilhospital.nhs.uk
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust www.sompar.nhs.uk/sompar/index.html
Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust www.ruh.nhs.uk
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust www.wcas.nhs.uk
Weston Area Health NHS Trust www.waht.nhs.uk
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust www.rdehospital.nhs.uk
North Bristol NHS Trust www.nbt.nhs.uk
University Hospital Bristol www.uhbristol.nhs.uk
Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre www.uk-sh.co.uk
St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice www.somerset-hospice.org.uk
75 GP practices
www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx?ServiceType=GP
76 dental surgeries
www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx?ServiceType=Dentist
88 community pharmacies
www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx?ServiceType=Pharmacy
59 optometric practices
www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx?ServiceType=Optician
Voluntary Organisations
NHS Direct www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
NHS Choices www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx
Department of Health www.dh.gov.uk/en/Home
Somerset County Council www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service www.dsfire.gov.uk/devonfire
Avon and Somerset Police www.avonandsomerset.police.uk
