Funding boost for 16 Somerset GP surgeries

Sixteen doctors' surgeries in Somerset will be able to expand and provide more appointments following new government funding.

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) says more than £102m will be shared by around 1,000 practices across the UK.

The NHS Somerset integrated care board (ICB) has secured funding to expand 16 of the surgeries, with more details about the timing of individual projects expected to be made public in the coming weeks.

Each of the surgeries are expected to begin delivering their extensions through the current financial year, with the first beginning in the summer.