Work has started on the new NHS diagnostic centre in Bridgwater - next to the hospital. Pictures: NHS Somerset

Work underway on new NHS diagnostic centre in Bridgwater

Paul JonesOctober 21, 20250 Comment0

WORK is underway on a new diagnostic centre in Bridgwater – which will house CT and MRI scanners and more.

The ground has been broken on the project, next to Bridgwater Community Hospital, which will also be home to four outpatient rooms and two echocardiography/ultrasound rooms, as well as two CT and two MRI scanners.

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust said the equipment will “allow our clinicians to perform complex CT and MRI scans that could only previously be done at Musgrove Park and Yeovil hospitals”, and that it would be “much more convenient for patients in Bridgwater and the surrounding areas”.

The centre will be the third community diagnostic centre in Somerset, with a centre in Taunton already open, and another in Yeovil due to welcome patients from early next year.

Head of imaging, Adam Turner, said: “Not only will the new centre free up much needed capacity on our hospital scanners and help with managing our waiting times, but this purpose-built centre will also offer a brilliant patient experience.”