Last few days to book your Spring COVID Jab

Date of issue: 21 June 2023 The NHS in Somerset is encouraging all eligible people who haven’t yet had their spring booster to get their vaccination before the campaign comes to a close at the end of June. Since the launch of the spring booster campaign in April, the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Programme in Somerset…

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A statement from Jonathan Higman, Chief Executive, NHS Somerset

Jonathan Higman, Chief Executive, NHS Somerset said “NHS Somerset offers our sincere condolences to the family of Barnaby Webber who tragically died in an incident in Nottingham in the early hours of Tuesday 13 June. We are supporting his family at this truly heartbreaking time and offer our sincere and heartfelt sympathies to his family…

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The NHS is turning 75 – have you shared your story?

On Wednesday 5 July, the NHS is celebrating its 75th birthday we want to reach out to the people and communities of Somerset to ask them what the NHS means to them. While the NHS has changed a lot since it was first formed in 1948 the founding principles of the NHS remain as relevant…

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NEW SOMERSET DEMENTIA WELLBEING SERVICE + DEMENTIA ACTION WEEK

Somerset Dementia Service

From March to June anyone with an interest in dementia is invited to come along to the Somerset Dementia Wellbeing Service Roadshow. West Somerset has one of the oldest populations in the country and in Somerset, numbers over 65 being diagnosed with dementia is growing faster than the national average. We are hosting the free…

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