Taunton and Somerset Hospital

Taunton and Somerset Hospital
Taunton and Somerset Hospital
Shown in Somerset
Geography
LocationTaunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°00′56″N 3°05′30″W / 51.0156°N 3.0917°W / 51.0156; -3.0917
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
Services
Emergency departmentNo Accident & Emergency
History
Opened1812
Links
ListsHospitals 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 Hospital 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. ^ a b "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 A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)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
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