Yeovil Hospital will soon be able to handle thousands of more outpatients after construction began on its new diagnostic centre. The Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Prime, its "strategic estates partner", secured planning permission just before Christmas to erect the new three-storey building on part of its existing pick-up and drop-off area on Higher Kingston in Yeovil. The new diagnostic centre will be able to handle more than 70,000 diagnostic tests and outpatient appointments every year, easing pressure on existing facilities within the hospital. A ground breaking ceremony was held...…Yeovil Hospital will soon be able to handle thousands of more outpatients after construction began on its new diagnostic centre. The Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Prime, its "strategic estates partner", secured planning permission just before Christmas to erect the new three-storey building on part of its existing pick-up and drop-off area on Higher Kingston in Yeovil. The new diagnostic centre will be able to handle more than 70,000 diagnostic tests and outpatient appointments every year, easing pressure on existing facilities within the hospital. A ground breaking ceremony was held...WW…

Yeovil's existing stroke services will not be reduced until their replacements over the border in Dorset are ready, health bosses have confirmed. The NHS Somerset integrated care board voted in late-January to approve plans to remove Yeovil Hospital's hyper-acute stroke unit (HASU), meaning the most urgent stroke patients will be transported to either Dorchester or Taunton for treatment. Following a significant backlash from local residents on either side of the border, West Dorset MP Chris Loder wrote to chief executive to express his concerns - and claimed the new unit at Dorset County...…Yeovil's existing stroke services will not be reduced until their replacements over the border in Dorset are ready, health bosses have confirmed. The NHS Somerset integrated care board voted in late-January to approve plans to remove Yeovil Hospital's hyper-acute stroke unit (HASU), meaning the most urgent stroke patients will be transported to either Dorchester or Taunton for treatment. Following a significant backlash from local residents on either side of the border, West Dorset MP Chris Loder wrote to chief executive to express his concerns - and claimed the new unit at Dorset County...WW…

NewsTrains could start calling at the town from September 2025somersetliveSomerset's newest railway station will be "funded to delivery" after the government announced it was scrapping HS2. Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Wednesday (October 4) that the hugely over-budget rail project would not be continued beyond Birmingham, freeing up more than £36bn for other transport projects. While the majority of this funding will be reallocated to schemes across the north and the Midlands, £6.5bn has been set aside for the rest of UK,...…NewsTrains could start calling at the town from September 2025somersetliveSomerset's newest railway station will be "funded to delivery" after the government announced it was scrapping HS2. Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Wednesday (October 4) that the hugely over-budget rail project would not be continued beyond Birmingham, freeing up more than £36bn for other transport projects. While the majority of this funding will be reallocated to schemes across the north and the Midlands, £6.5bn has been set aside for the rest of UK,...WW…