Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
The Nursing Times have named a retired clinical nurse teacher from Musgrove as one of the top ten of the most influential nurses of the last sixty years. Judy Waterlow Jones, who lives in Henlade, now gives her time to Musgrove Park Hospital voluntarily, but before she retired in 1988 she was one of the Trust's clinical nurse teachers.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
A less invasive and quicker healing technique for vascular patients is now available at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. Endo Vascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) is a procedure for patients requiring abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs and results in safer care, shorter hospital stays and a quicker recovery.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Emergency Medics, the fly on the wall documentary about the Accident and Emergency Department at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton has won a national award for filmmaker Andrew Brown. The judges for the prestigious Medical Journalism Awards said the programme was "well filmed and utterly gripping.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Emergency Medics, the fly on the wall documentary about the Accident and Emergency Department at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, England, has won a national award for filmmaker Andrew Brown. The judges for the prestigious Medical Journalism Awards said the programme was "well filmed and utterly gripping. The programme flowed beautifully with the camera's leaving and returning to the action at just...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton has put restrictions in place on some wards to manage an outbreak of viral gastroenteritis (norovirus). As at Wednesday 12th November three wards are closed to new admissions: Eliot, Fielding and Ward 5. Norovirus exists in the community and although not usually serious is very infectious.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Dr Stuart Walker, Consultant Cardiologist at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, recently told a meeting about how advances in cardiac care would benefit patients in Somerset. Dr Walker was the guest speaker at the annual general meeting of the Trust and spoke about the treatment given to patient Mrs W recently.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Three wards at Musgrove Park hospital are closed due to an outbreak of Norovirus.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Musgrove Park Hospital, part of Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, has installed a floor mounted AXIOM Artis zee™ interventional cardiac imaging system from Siemens for coronary angiography, angioplasty and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT). The new equipment replaces an eight year old setup and is the second Siemens cath lab at the hospital.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Two wards at Musgrove Park Hospital open following an an outbreak of the Norovirus.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Staff packed the Lecture Theatre at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton last week for the hospital's second annual nursing and care conference. Under the heading "Patients First", an audience of over 60 heard a range of presentations examining changes in practice made as a result of learning from and working with patients and their families.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Three wards at Musgrove Park Hospital are closed due to an outbreak of the noro virus.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
A birth centre run by midwives has opened at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Figures released show that MRSA and CDiff are significantly reducing at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. In the last five months (April - August 2008) there have been 3 MRSA blood stream infections in the hospital, compared with 9 in the same period last year. This shows a 12 month reduction of 67%. In the same five months this year there have been 28 post 48 hour CDiff isolates, compared with 36...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
International health group the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI) has announced that Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton is the top performing hospital in an innovative scheme to further improve patient safety. In 2006, Musgrove Park Hospital became 1 of 20 hospitals awarded a place on the Safer Patient Initiative project (SPI).
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Three new matrons will bring more than 50 years of combined experience to the nursing staff of a Somerset hospital. Paul Jagger, Andrea Mostyn-Jones and Katy Evans have joined the team at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, which serves 340,000 local people.
