Taunton and Somerset Hospital

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Taunton and Somerset Hospital
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Geography
Location Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°00′56″N3°05′30″W / 51.0156°N 3.0917°W / 51.0156; -3.0917
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Care system Public NHS
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
History
Opened1812
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Taunton and Somerset Hospital was a hospital in Taunton, Somerset.

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History

The hospital was erected between 1809 and 1812 in East Reach in the centre of Taunton. [1] [2] The hospital was managed along with other hospitals in Taunton. and in 1968 the management committee was re-named the West Somerset Hospital Management Committee. [1] The main block of the hospital was Grade II listed in 1975. [3] Taunton and Somerset Hospital closed in 1986, and the services moved out to Musgrove Park Hospital. [4]

Notable staff

Three matrons who ran the hospital in succession all trained at The London Hospita l under Eva Luckes. [5]

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References

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  2. Henry, Burdett (1907). Burdett’s Hospital and Charities Annual 1907. The Scientific Press. p. 432.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. Historic England. "Taunton and Somerset Hospital (Main block on street) (1232263)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  4. Nigel, Freeny (September 2020). "Taunton and Somerset Hospital". Googlemaps. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  5. Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons'? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
  6. Matrons Annual Letter, No.1, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.1, May 1894, 9; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.
  7. "Appointments". The Hospital . 16 (396): xxxviii. 28 April 1894 via www.rcn.org.
  8. Matron’s Annual Letter to Nurses, No.5, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.5, February 1898, 13; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
  9. Sarah Harriet Harris, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/2, 231; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
  10. "Resignations". The British Journal of Nursing . 48 (1245): 108. 10 February 1912 via www.rcn.org.
  11. "Appointments'". The Nursing Record and Hospital World . 22: 299. 15 April 1899 via www.rcn.org.
  12. Louisa Pauline Lessey, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/4, 49; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
  13. "Death of the Matron of Taunton Hospital". The Courier: 5. 3 July 1907.
  14. Katherine Sarah Bulteel, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/4, 163; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London