BETTER care for the chronically ill, significantly shorter hospital waiting times and the replacement of four of the county's oldest hospitals - these are just some of the positive benefits people living in Somerset can expect over the next five years.
The proposals have been set out in Somerset Primary Care Trust's five-year strategic health plans which have now been published.
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