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Dedicated nurses who support adults with learning disabilities across Plymouth have held a special celebration to mark 100 years of the profession. Livewell Southwest’s award-winning learning disability (LD) nurses held a party as part of national events taking...

Patients at Livewell Southwest’s Mount Gould Hospital are benefiting from the therapeutic presence of donkeys on the ward. Plym unit is a specialist rehabilitation service for people aged 16 and over who have suffered brain or spinal cord injuries or other...

Partners in Plymouth have launched the city’s first Specialist Wellbeing Hub at the Cumberland Centre. Although the new hub is the fourth wellbeing hub in the city it will be the first of two specialist wellbeing hubs which will benefit from additional services...

Social workers who support some of Plymouth’s most vulnerable adults welcomed England’s top adult social worker to tell her about the inspiring work they are doing. Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults at the Department of Health and Social Care, visited adult...

Livewell Southwest has revealed the number of people in Plymouth it has helped to kick cigarettes in the last 12 months to mark National No Smoking Day this week. Livewell, Plymouth’s community health and care provider, offers a wide range of methods to help people...

A specialist Plymouth nurse who helps vulnerable young mums and their babies to have the best start in life has been recognised at an event. Fay Cook, supervisor for Livewell Southwest’s Family Nurse Partnership was one of several inspirational women invited to...

While universities remain a popular destination for school and college leavers before embarking on the working world, more young people are seeing just as attractive the opportunity to gain professional qualifications while on the job. A Proud to Care recruitment...

A VOLUNTEER who has spent ten years supporting hundreds of new parents in Plymouth has been nationally celebrated for her hard work. Mandy Chapman, who works as a health improvement practitioner for Livewell Southwest’s Wellbeing team was highly commended at the...

Congratulations to Livewell Southwest’s Jan Potter whose work to increase the uptake of the flu vaccine by staff was shortlisted for a national Flu Fighter Award. Livewell Southwest was one of four organisations, and the only social enterprise, in the running for...

Now in its 12th year, National Apprenticeship Week is a celebration of the impact of apprenticeships on individuals, employers and the economy. To end the week, Livewell Southwest is looking at the experiences of two of our current apprentices. Nikola Jura is a...