The Kingston Wing

22/08/2025

Our newly launched weight management clinic supports patients who may benefit from help with losing weight, offering individualised dietary advice and guidance on physical activity as part of a holistic weight management plan, including the option of weight loss medications. In general, medications may be considered if your BMI is 30 or above — or 27 and above if you have health conditions related to weight, such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, joint problems like osteoarthritis, or sleep apnoea.

There are a few different types of medications that might be used — like Orlistat, Metformin, oral Semaglutide or newer injectable treatments such as GLP-1s — depending on your individual health conditions and needs. The clinic team will talk this through with you and see what’s most suitable.

We also offer a 15 minute telephone or video taster session with our specialist to discuss your requirements in a little more detail, priced at £30.

For further information, call us on 01935 384234.

20/08/2025

Struggling to sleep? Watch this BBC podcast featuring our very own sleep expert, Dr Jonathan Tham. To book an appointment, call the Kingston Wing team on 01935 384234.

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07/08/2025

If you are undergoing private medical treatment of any kind, it’s important you choose the right place.

At the Kingston Wing – the private unit of Yeovil Hospital – the philosophy is “private experience with NHS peace of mind”.

Matthew Hall, Clinical Director of the Kingston Wing, explains: “We feel this is what sets us apart from many other private hospitals. Our patients can choose our care with confidence, secure in the knowledge that beyond the privacy and luxury of their room sits the full expertise and resource of an NHS hospital, available if ever required.”

The Kingston Wing at Yeovil and Parkside at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton are part of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and while private patients pay for their treatment (which takes place out of hours), all profits go straight back into the NHS.

Treatment is available to patients with medical insurance and those opting to self-fund their treatment.

There is a wide range of services available at the Kingston Wing, from ophthalmology (cataracts etc) to hip and knee surgery, from private GP services to a specialist iron clinic.

Two new services being offered at the Kingston Wing include our menopause clinic and sleep disorder clinic.

We have also just launched a new weekly weight management clinic.

The Kingston Wing can be contacted on 01935 384234 or by email at kingston.wing@somersetft.nhs.uk

25/07/2025

17/07/2025

Husband and wife gynaecologist consultants Ahmar and Fatima Shah will be running the clinic at the Kingston Wing

11/07/2025

Introducing Dr Guy Furniss, Consultant Cardiologist, and lead for cardiac rhythm management at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Furniss trained in Leicester and undertook specialist training on the Peninsula rotation. In 2013/14 he undertook a fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology and devices in Wellington, New Zealand. He has published research on Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD’s), pacemaker implantation techniques and atrial fibrillation. He is a certified European Cardiac Device Specialist by the European Society of Cardiology.

Dr Furniss has been a Consultant in Somerset for over 8 years and specialises in heart rhythm management, heart failure and inherited cardiac conditions. He has been one of the highest volume implanters of pacemakers, ICD’s and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) devices in the UK over the past few years. He leads the cardiac devices service in Somerset and has introduced new pacing techniques such as physiological pacing to the trust.

Dr Furniss is the cardiology clinical lead for 3rs and 5th year Plymouth University students at Musgrove Park Hospital and initiated a postgraduate research program in 2021. This involves one current PhD student and one MD student. Research areas include remote monitoring of cardiac devices, predictors of heart failure in pacemakers, and family screening in sudden adult death syndrome.

Dr Furniss holds private outpatient clinics on the Kingston Wing at Yeovil Hospital, alongside Dr Andrew Broadley. Private interventional procedures are carried out by Dr Furniss at Musgrove Park Hospital.

If you would like to book an appointment with Dr Furniss, please contact the Kingston Wing on 01935 384234 or e-mail kingston.wing@somersetft.nhs.uk

09/07/2025

Some wonderful feedback from a kind patient of Dr Jonathan Tham, our private GP ...

08/07/2025

Our private GP Dr Jonathan Tham featured on BBC Radio Somerset yesterday, talking about sleep disorders. Dr Tham is available for appointments on the Kingston Wing at Yeovil Hospital. To tune in, click on the following link:-

Simon takes your calls plus the best gossip from the county.

02/07/2025

Private GP appointments available today on the Kingston Wing. Call 01935 384234 to book or visit this link for further information:-

We offer online GP appointments with leading private GP Dr Charles Middle. Or call us on 01935 609453 and speak to one of our team.

24/06/2025

We were pleased to feature in this month's Somerset Leveller. Appointments available tomorrow and every Wednesday with Dr Jonathan Tham. To book call 01935 384234 from 8.30 am.

A private Somerset GP service has taken on its third doctor – with a specialism in treating people who have difficulties sleeping.

19/06/2025

So grateful when patients take time to provide such wonderful feedback. If you have any questions about how we can help you, please get in touch on 01935 384234 or visit our website: https://www.somersetft.nhs.uk/private-treatment-at-yeovil/the-kingston-wing-at-yeovil-hospital/the-kingston-experience/