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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new strain of coronavirus first identified in Wuhan City, China. With cases having now been identified within the UK, the UK Chief Medical Officers have raised the risk to the public from low to moderate but the risk to individuals...

There are more than 100,000 strokes in the UK each year – that’s around one stroke every five minutes. Stroke is the fourth single leading cause of death in the UK and largest cause of disability, with over 1.2 million stroke survivors in the UK. At Livewell...

Livewell Southwest's job and careers fair will be held on Saturday 21 March, at The Crowne Plaza between 10am – 3pm. The event gives those thinking of entering a health or care profession, as well as existing professionals who want develop their careers, the chance...

Children from a Kingsbridge primary school were welcomed by staff and patients at South Hams Hospital for the first of six days of Lessons on the Ward. The Year 5 children from Stokenham Primary School are joining Livewell Southwest for an intergenerational project...