Yeovil Hospital patients now benefit from shorter waiting times thanks to a recently installed CT scanner. Police are asking for help finding a missing teenager with links to Yeovil. The Queen Camel Medical Centre has come second from the top in an NHS England Patient survey of Somerset GP surgeries...and more.
Yeovil Hospital patients now benefit from shorter waiting times thanks to a recently installed new CT scanner. The machine produces high-resolution cross-sectional images of the body, giving doctors quicker access to information needed to make a diagnosis. Yeovil Hospital says people needing a scan in its radiology department are being seen quicker as a result.
Research by the RAC has shown that potholes on Somerset’s roads are a bigger concern for drivers than the cost of insurance and fuel. The motoring organisation is now calling on the government to find new ways to tackle the problem of potholes.
Police are asking for help finding a missing teenager called Jimmy who has links to Yeovil. Jimmy was last seen in Bristol on Monday, August 5th wearing tracksuit bottoms, a T-shirt, and trainers, all in black. He’s described as white, 5ft 7 inches tall, with floppy brown hair. If you know of his whereabouts, you’re asked to please call 999.
The Queen Camel Medical Centre has come second in an NHS England Patient survey of Somerset GP surgeries. Users gave the centre a 96 percent satisfaction rating. Milborne Port Surgery came in fourth place with a 95 percent rating. Two Yeovil surgeries, the Diamond Health Group surgery on Hendford and Oaklands on Birchfield Road came in third and second places from last respectively out of 62 Somerset surgeries surveyed.
A new date has been announced for holding the Ham Hill Dog Show. Sunday’s event was called off due to the extremely hot weather and will now take place on Sunday, September 15th. The show is held to raise funds for The Friends of Ham Hill, who support conservation and community activities at Ham Hill.
The cancer charity, Marie Curie, is appealing for volunteers to manage its collection boxes in Chard and Ilminster. The role involves distributing donation boxes and counting donations. Last year, Marie Curie provided care to 44,000 people across the UK via hospices, as well as through nursing visits to people in their own homes.
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