Livewell works with city council and local hotel to support people ready to leave hospital
Livewell Southwest and Plymouth City Council have been working with the New Continental Hotel in Millbay which will be temporarily used as an extra care facility for people who are ready to leave hospital but need extra care support before they can get home. This...
New urgent dental care centre opens in Plymouth
New urgent dental care centre opens in Plymouth Service will treat urgent and emergency conditions By appointment Access via your dentist or NHS111 out of hours Helpline 03330 063300 for people without a dentist A new service has opened in Plymouth...
A big Livewell thank you to everyone for your gifts and donations
Like other health and care providers across the country, we’ve been bowled over by the support shown to our staff by patients, the public, local partners and businesses during this period. We’ve had so many donations – particularly food and drink to help keep our...
Can you help Livewell Southwest care for those who need support?
Livewell Southwest is inviting people to come forward for a range of roles in the next two weeks as we plan ahead to continue to care for and support people as part of our response to Coronavirus and COVID-19. As the local provider of community and mental health...
Changes to the way we support you
Important information for people using Livewell Southwest services As part of the ongoing response to Coronavirus and COVID-19 we need to make changes to the way we work so we can continue to provide essential health and social care services to the most vulnerable...
UPDATE: Visiting patients during COVID-19
Updated on 24 March 2020 To help protect our patients and staff during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak we are asking for the public/visitors to support us by following our new visiting restrictions. From today (24 March) no visiting will be allowed to Livewell...
New online NHS site is “first and best port of call” for help with coronavirus symptoms
Top clinicians are issuing advice to help reduce the spread of infection as the country moves into the ‘delay’ phase of its response to Covid-19. Following the Prime Minister’s announcement last week, people worried about symptoms are being told by the chief...
Celebrating excellence in Occupational Therapy
Rachel Rule, Preceptee Occupational Therapist at Livewell Southwest, has won the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) award for Entrepreneurship. RCOT celebrated the twenty winners of its annual Celebration of Excellence in Occupational Therapy Awards at...
Spotlight on a service: Cotehele
Nestled on the Mount Gould Hospital site you’ll find Cotehele, a 15 bed inpatient unit for older people (mainly over the age of 65) who have functional mental health issues and are experiencing the worst phase of their illness. Examples of functional mental health...
National No Smoking Day – make 2020 the year you quit for good!
No Smoking Day is an annual event celebrated across the world which aims to help smokers to quit. In England, around 60% of smokers want to quit and currently around half of these try to quit using willpower alone. But you’re four times more likely to quit for...