Somerset Care Services Directory 2026
This directory is a free, trusted resource we recommend to anyone looking for information about care and support services for adults across Somerset.
At St Margaret’s Hospice, we’re here to support everyone impacted by a life-limiting illness. Whether you’re a patient, carer, healthcare professional, or family member, we’ve gathered a range of resources, guidance, and educational programmes to help you navigate this journey with confidence and compassion.
This directory is a free, trusted resource we recommend to anyone looking for information about care and support services for adults across Somerset.
Information and advice about managing your Lipalgia Syndrome (Lipoedema) based on what we understand so far.
This NHS webpage provides up-to-date opening hours for your most local pharmacies.
Prophylactic monitoring for lymphoedema, with prevention tips and advice on managing risk after cancer treatments.
When you help to care for a partner, relative or friend with a life-limiting illness, it’s perfectly natural to focus on their needs and forget about your own. But making time for your own wellbeing is essential.
The following guidance provides information for carers and relatives who are being trained to give subcutaneous medications for symptom control.
Guided meditation can help ease pain, reduce anxiety and provides peace and comfort to those who use them.
Being active can help in the management of many long-term conditions, and is helpful in the management of pain, fatigue, depression.
Learn how to manage leg swelling caused by lymphoedema through skin care, gentle exercise, lymph drainage, and hosiery for effective fluid reduction.