Computer therapy can help people with aphasia find lost words
More than 350,000 people in the UK are living with aphasia. The language disorder, which is caused by an injury to the brain, can make it difficult for people to talk, understand, read and write. One-in-three people are affected by aphasia after a stroke....
New role signals focus on mental health services
Livewell Southwest CIC has appointed Dr Soni Bhate to the new role of clinical director for mental health. Working as a consultant psychiatrist since 2008, Dr Bhate has extensive of knowledge of mental health. Throughout her career Dr Bhate has built up vast...
Proud to Care? Why not become an ambassador?
DATE: Tuesday 26 June TIME: 8.30am–12.30pm VENUE: Future Inn, 1 William Prance Rd EVENT: Proud To Care Ambassador Recruitment event If you work in health or care in Plymouth and want to encourage others to do so, why not become a Proud to Care Ambassador? A...
Plymouth Options course changed my life, says author
Livewell Southwest’s Plymouth Options team has won the praise and thanks of a ‘lifelong ‘worrier’ who was so inspired by the support she received that she has written and published a book to help others. Hayley Silk says she has always labelled herself a ‘worrier’...
Community Crisis Response Team swim The Channel – four times!
Members of the Community Crisis Response Team have swum The Channel more than four times this spring as part of a charity challenge. The ‘Magnificent 7’ team signed up for Diabetes UK’s national Swim22 Challenge, in which individuals or teams swim 22 miles – the...
Livewell Southwest and University Hospitals Plymouth selected to be part of the first Lean programme
Livewell Southwest and University Hospitals Plymouth have taken further steps to improve patient care, support closer working and provide better outcomes for patients. Following an application and assessment by NHS Improvement, the two organisations have been...
Stroke events a success
From January this year, Livewell Southwest's Stroke Rehabilitation Team have been working hard to raise awareness of stroke and its risk factors within the local community. January saw the team run an information stand in Drake’s Circus Shopping Centre, where...
Dental Access Centre achieves top rating from CQC inspectors
Plymouth Dental Access Centre has been rated a ‘notable practice’ by inspectors who say other dentists could learn from them. The glowing reference was made by Care Quality Commission inspectors who visited the centre, run by Livewell Southwest, in Baring Street in...
New Chief Executive welcomed at Livewell Southwest
Dr Adam Morris has taken up the role of Chief Executive at Livewell Southwest, the Plymouth health and adult social care provider, with a pledge to build on the improvements to the care and support of the local population. His appointment follows the retirement of...
Apprentices help Livewell Southwest to future-proof its workforce
Pictured: Lauren Bancroft (left) and Bronwyn Shaw (right) Trainee nursing colleagues at a Plymouth health and social care organisation are using National Apprenticeship Week 2018 (NAW2018) to shout out about why they wouldn’t change their chosen path to a career...
