Taunton and Somerset Hospital

Taunton and Somerset Hospital
Taunton and Somerset Hospital
Shown in Somerset
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
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Services
Emergency department	No Accident & Emergency
History
Opened	1812
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

Taunton and Somerset Hospital was a hospital in Taunton, Somerset.

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]

• Sarah Harriet Harris (1860–1950), matron 1894, ^{[6] [7]} to 1898, ^[8] trained between 1888 and 1890. ^[9] Harris was matron of Yeovil Hospital between 1900 and 1912. ^[10]

• Louisa Lessey, (1863–1956), matron between 1899 and 1900, ^[11] trained between 1891 and 1894. ^[12]

• Katherine Bulteel, (1863–1907), matron from 1900 until her death in July 1907. ^[13] Bulteel trained between 1893 and 1896. ^[14]

References

1. "TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL RECORDS, 1848-1993". SW Heritage. 29 March 2024.
2. Henry, Burdett (1907). Burdett’s Hospital and Charities Annual 1907. The Scientific Press. p. 432.
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 A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)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