Care system Public NHS Phone +44 1823 431930 | Hospital type Community Number of beds 40 | |
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Location Cotford St Luke, near Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom Emergency department No Accident & Emergency Website Dene Barton Community Hospital Lists Hospitals in the United Kingdom Address Dene Rd, Cotford St Luke, Taunton TA4 1DD, UK Similar Rydon Ward Somerset, Musgrove Park Hospital, Cotford St Luke Primary S, The Chapel, Bridgwater Hospital | ||
Dene Barton Community Hospital is a small NHS hospital located in Cotford St Luke, near Taunton, Somerset, England. Formerly run by Somerset Community Health, part of the Somerset Primary Care Trust. It is now managed by the Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Facilities
The hospital has 40 inpatient beds, located in the Luke and Lydeard wards, where patients can be admitted under the care of a consultant in Care of the Elderly. There is a team of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists to support patients during their hospital stay.
Other facilities include the Clinical Assessment and Treatment Unit, which cares for patients who need a short span of acute treatment and who would otherwise have needed to go to Musgrove Park Hospital; the X-ray department; the Community Rehabilitation Unit, which provides physiotherapy and occupational therapy services; the outpatients department, for visiting consultants and specialist clinicians providing speech and language therapy, pain clinic, haematology clinic, Parkinsons clinics as well as elderly care; and the musculoskeletal clinic for back, shoulder and knee problems.
The hospital specialises in children, dementia, mental health, older people, sensory impairment, services for everyone and younger adults.