Introduction

The Health and Wellbeing Hub provides a warm and welcoming environment for those living with a long-term condition or living with someone with a lifelong health condition and is a vital tool to further the Yeovil Hospital ethos of exceptional care for all patients.

The hub is easily accessible to those in need of advice and support and offer regular supported conversations, and signposting to other resources to enable self-management, by providing relevant information and advice.

Yeovil District hospital is the first hospital that Macmillan have funded for the hub to talk about every long-term health condition and be able to help them.

Engagement is a friendly and welcoming team where we gain feedback to help improve on the services we run. We gain feedback in many different ways and would love to hear from you. If you have something you wish to share or discuss, we are here to listen and help.

The Health and Wellbeing Hub can provide assistance and seek advice for you regarding:

• Long term health conditions
• Local Support groups that run every week/month.
• Talks/workshops with different departments around the hospital.
• Self-management
• Healthy eating
• Citizen’s advice
• Signposting to other resources
• Dealing with difficult emotions
• Smoke alarm fitting
• Talking therapies service
• Macmillan services
• St Margret’s Hospice information
• Ward talks
• Emotional and physical support
• Free information
• Talk to professionals
• Awareness topics each month

Professional Talks

We have professionals that regularly talk about their individual departments. They will be able to answer any queries you may have and discuss anything you may want to know. A list of professional below will be coming in.

• End of life care plan
• Eyesight
• Diabetes
• Dementia
• Cancer
• Citizen’s advice
• Fire Brigade
• Yarlington/Abri
• Talking Therapies
• Living with a Stoma
• Feedback results and actions

You can find more information on our Facebook page at Somerset FT Patient Engagement and Wellbeing.