Previously the travelling chemotherapy service only went to Wellington and Bridgwater.
The NHS Somerset Foundation Trust said it is able to take advantage of unused clinical space at Williton Community Hospital and offer the service once a week.
The trust said its service in the village has already been a success, and may be widened out in the future."We realised we were missing a cohort of patients in the West Somerset area... it's literally taken off," Nurse Emma Wells-Burr told the BBC."It saves patients coming into Taunton and having to pay the parking prices - they get free parking at that community hospital.
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