Your health,
your choice

We are working collaboratively with our local commissioning groups to reduce the backlog of elective waiting lists. SSS supports the local health system by taking transfers from surrounding hospitals of patients who have been waiting for a procedure as well as taking direct referrals from primary care as a patient choice provider. We are proud to support NHS recovery by providing additional clinics and operating lists during the week and at weekends.​

Somerset Surgical Services (SSS) is an independent provider of NHS care sharing the facilities of Weston General Hospital and Southmead Hospital. Our team is committed to treat every patient individually and in accordance with their needs. Our team dedicates itself to providing safe and effective patient services with excellence of care and compassion in a timely manner. We are committed to meeting our safeguarding responsibilities.​

All of our Surgeons hold or recently held a substantive NHS consultant/specialist post and are registered with the General Medical Council. Our clinical team are all specialists in their field of practice and pride themselves on delivering first class patient care.​

We aim to provide short waiting times for outpatient appointments and theatre procedures and have regularly maintained excellent RTT (referral-to-treatment) performance against National standards. Advanced surgical procedures and bespoke treatment plans allow streamlined management of care pathways by designated coordinators.​

We know that having a surgical procedure or medical treatment can be a challenging time and that continuity of care is important when attending for hospital appointments. At Somerset Surgical Services your surgeon will be with you from the initial consultation to discharge back to your GP.

SSS deliver outpatient services from Weston General Hospital and, for some specialities, The Marina Healthcare Centre, Portishead.   Surgery is predominantly undertaken in the theatres within Weston General Hospital; these fully equipped facilities allow us to provide excellent clinical care along the treatment pathway. We have full access to the immediate on-site back up of Intensive Care located at Weston General Hospital.​

SSS works in collaboration with University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) to provide services which complement and enhance those already available. Somerset Surgical Services reinvests income into UHBW making a significant contribution to sustaining local NHS services.​

Using a patient centred approach, we offer a wide range of surgical and medical treatments which are not routinely offered at Weston General Hospital, please see specialities:​

When you need planned surgical or medical treatment on the NHS, you can choose which Consultant will provide your service. If you would like us to be your choice, please contact us.