Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust was a National Health Service trust which managed mental health services in the English county of Somerset. The trust was formed in 2008, taking over the role from the Somerset Partnership NHS and Social Care Trust which had been operating since 1999. It merged with Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust to form Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in 2020.
The trust developed out of the institution established by the Bridgwater Infirmary in the nineteenth century. Edward Colgan, the chief executive, spoke at a tribute to William Baker and John Bowen in September 2013.
The trust was involved in an important legal case which clarified the law about community treatment orders under the Mental Health Act 2007.
It was an early adopter of the NHS Friends and Family Test in August 2013.
The Crewkerne Hospital League of Friends raised £140,000 to pay for improvements at the trust's community hospital in Crewkerne in August 2013. £4.2million in refurbishments for the community hospital in Chard was agreed upon in April 2013.
The trust is said to regard the development of Any Qualified Provider services as an opportunity, rather than a threat. It was also a key player in the attempt by trusts in the South West of England to undermine the NHS national pay bargaining system.
In March 2015, the trust took over the Isle of Wight community dental services.
