Bridgwater Community Hospital

Details

Name :

Bridgwater Community Hospital

Address  :

Salmon Parade

Town  :

Bridgwater

State  :

Somerset

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

TA6 5AH

Phone  :

01278 451501

Web URL  :

Not Available

Description


This hospital has 50 inpatient beds where patients can be admitted under the care of a consultant physician There is a large team of doctors nurses physiotherapists and occupational therapists to support patients during their hospital stay Patients often return to Bridgwater Hospital following treatment at Musgrove Park Hospital so they can be closer to their home and families

The Mary Stanley Wing is a small midwife led maternity unit which provides eight postnatal beds and a birthing room


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