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. The hospital was managed along with other hospitals in Taunton and in 1968 the management committee was renamed the West Somerset Hospital Management Committee. The main block of the hospital was Grade II listed in 1975. Taunton and Somerset Hospital closed in 1986, and the services moved out to Musgrove Park Hospital.
Notable staff Three matrons who ran the hospital in succession all trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes.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 A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
Sarah Harriet Harris (1860–1950), matron 1894,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. to 1898,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 trained between 1888 and 1890.Sarah Harriet Harris, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/2, 231; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London Harris was matron of Yeovil Hospital between 1900 and 1912. Louisa Lessey, (1863–1956), matron between 1899 and 1900, trained between 1891 and 1894.Louisa Pauline Lessey, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/4, 49; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London Katherine Bulteel, (1863–1907), matron from 1900 until her death in July 1907. Bulteel trained between 1893 and 1896.Katherine Sarah Bulteel, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/4, 163; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
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