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Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital

Staplegrove Elm, Taunton Deane, Somerset TA2 6AN

Remote consultations available
Free onsite parking

Last updated: 18/03/2025

Overview

98%	of 2929 people said that their experience at this hospital was very good or good.

Good	rating from the Care Quality Commission.

3045	total admissions.

100	Knee replacement (primary) admissions.

Single rooms • Wi-fi • Onsite pharmacy • Onsite GP services • Onsite diagnostic tests

About

This information is provided by Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital.

Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital opened in 1974 as a small private unit to serve the local community and is now established as one of the leading providers of private healthcare in the south west region. The hospital facilities include, 3 theatres, 41 en-suite single bedrooms, 12 consulting rooms, on site pharmacy, pathology, physiotherapy. Treatments and consultant specialists are available in most specialisms for patients over the age of 18 years. Nuffield Health are a not-for-profit organisation and all profits are reinvested into better facilities for patients.

Hospital website

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9 min read
09/05/2024

Patient feedback

Surveys from patients about the care they received from Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital.

Patient Satisfaction

98%	of 2929 people said that their overall experience in this hospital was very good or good.

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Patient Experience

82%	of 2929 people felt this hospital definitely met their needs.

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About hospital patient feedback

4 min read
19/03/2025

Regulator rating

All hospitals are inspected and rated by an independent regulator.

Overall Rating	Good
Safety of services	Good
Effectiveness of services	Good
Responsiveness of services	Good
Caring	Good
Well-led	Outstanding

Full report available on the Care Quality Commission website

About healthcare regulators and their ratings

2 min read
27/03/2025

Associated Registries

This hospital is listed on one or more clinical registries. Follow the link to explore more information about their practice.

National Joint Registry

What are healthcare registries?

6 min read
08/01/2025

Incident reporting

To ensure transparency, hospitals are required to provide PHIN with data about incidents in their care.

It is important to note that, unless otherwise stated, the measures in this section relate to the overall performance of the hospital and not specifically to any selected procedure.

Data received from the Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital is complete and up to date. This hospital has reported some incidents.

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Safety and risk measures

1 min read
07/12/2021

Your procedure

Information about Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital and your procedure.

100	private admissions for Knee replacement (primary). This hospital also had 165 NHS admissions for this procedure.
…	We are unable to calculate the percentage of patients treated as a day case.
…	We are unable to calculate the average nights stay.

Healthcare outcomes reported by patients.

The information below presents the change reported by patients, after treatment, in areas such as their physical function, quality of life and levels of pain. These results are based on the responses from 35 patients.

94%	improved health and quality of life.
0%	no change.
6%	worsened health and quality of life.

Knee replacement surgery

11 min read
19/03/2025

Support when raising a complaint

This hospital has subscribed to an independent complaints service. Use the organisation listed here if you have concerns about the care you have received.

ISCAS - Independent Sector Complaints Adjudication Service

Making a complaint as a private patient

15 min read
07/05/2024

Facilities

Services and resources available at this hospital.

Amenities

Wi-fi
Ensuite bathrooms
All single rooms
Free onsite parking

Medical

Onsite surgical procedures
Onsite diagnostic tests
3 Operating theatres
2 Day surgery theatres
1 Endoscopy theatre
8 Consulting rooms
Outpatient treatment rooms
Onsite GP services
Onsite pharmacy

Beds

41 Total approved beds

Critical care arrangement

Ambulance transfer to Intensive Care Unit
Ambulance transfer to High Dependency Unit

Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital

Overview

About

How the PHIN website can help you

Patient feedback

Patient Satisfaction

Patient Experience

About hospital patient feedback

Regulator rating

About healthcare regulators and their ratings

Associated Registries

What are healthcare registries?

Incident reporting

Safety and risk measures

Your procedure

Healthcare outcomes reported by patients.

Knee replacement surgery

Support when raising a complaint

Making a complaint as a private patient

Facilities

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