Editing Frome (section)

== Healthcare ==
The town has a [[National Health Service]] community hospital, originally operated by Somerset [[primary care trust|Primary Care Trust]], located on the site of the former Showground at Fromefield.<ref>[http://www.somersetpct.nhs.uk/community/our-services2/community-hospitals/frome-community-hospital/ Frome Community Hospital] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313091650/http://www.somersetpct.nhs.uk/community/our-services2/community-hospitals/frome-community-hospital/ |date=13 March 2012 }}, Somerset PCT</ref> The new hospital was opened in 2008, replacing the former Frome Victoria Hospital in Park Road which had been in use since 1901. The nearest [[Hospital#General|general hospital]] is the [[Royal United Hospital]] in Bath.

The Frome Model is a programme to combat loneliness amongst residents, pioneered by a local GP, Helen Kingston, in 2013. It proved very successful and reduced emergency hospital admissions by 17% over three years when in the rest of the county they rose by 29%, even though demographics were similar. "There are no other interventions which have ever reduced population emergency admissions like this", said one doctor. The programme's success has been credited in part with attracting an influx of middle-class newcomers to the town. Frome is "at the vanguard" of a growing movement to better incorporate nonclinical solutions into medical care, according to one doctor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Monbiot |first=George |date=21 February 2018 |title=The town that's found a potent cure for illness – community |work=Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/21/town-cure-illness-community-frome-somerset-isolation |access-date=21 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221062904/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/21/town-cure-illness-community-frome-somerset-isolation |archive-date=21 February 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/business/england-city-fights-isolation.html |title=In a Time of Crisis, a City Fights Isolation |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Peter Wilson |date=15 December 2021 |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref> Since 2016 there has been an effort to role out the scheme across the entire Mendip area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.compassionate-communitiesuk.co.uk/projects|title=Frome Model|website=Compassionate Communities UK|access-date=22 December 2021|archive-date=22 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222095113/https://www.compassionate-communitiesuk.co.uk/projects|url-status=dead}}</ref>