How Livewell #breakthebias this International Women’s Day
Livewell Southwest is proud to be a leader in #breakingthebias around female inequality and discrimination in the workplace; Employing over 2,200 employees identifying as female, that make up well over two thirds of our entire workforce. Over 1,980 of our...
Lawrence Badman-Richards exhibits at The Box Plymouth
Where Am I? Livewell's Lawrence Badman-Richards exhibits at The Box Plymouth As well as being one of our practice teachers in Adult Social Care, teaching, supervising and assessing students and newly qualified social workers in Livewell, Lawrence Badman-Richard is...
Storm Eunice – Service Update
Due to the weather warning for Storm Eunice affecting the South West of England, which is likely to cause disruption locally, please check weather forecasts and local traffic reports before attending an appointment with us tomorrow, Friday 18 February. We are...
New Chair appointed at Livewell Southwest
Dr Karen Cook has been appointed the new Chair of Livewell Southwest. Livewell’s Board have formally approved the appointment, which will begin on 1 April 2022, when she will take over from current Chair Duncan Currall, who has been in post since Livewell became a...
Applications invited for Chief Executive post
Organisation: Livewell Southwest Role: Chief Executive Location: Plymouth Salary: £167,000 – £174,000 Livewell Southwest’s mission is to support people to...
Future of Plymouth’s Mayflower GP service secured
Livewell Southwest has been named as the new organisation responsible for the running of the Mayflower Medical Group of GP practices in Plymouth from April 2022. The Group, which covers five sites in Plymouth, is responsible for providing GP services for nearly...
‘First of its kind’ resource guides health practitioners through remote assessment for people with physical conditions
Appointments for people with physical impairments were quickly made remote during the pandemic – with a lack of consistency or guidance around what could take place remotely and what would need to wait for an in-person visit. Now the University of Plymouth has...
Kevin’s street art bringing colour to the Cumberland Centre
Visitors to Devonport’s Cumberland Centre are now being welcomed by colourful murals celebrating diversity, thanks to the efforts of Kevin Davison – a member of Livewell’s Personality Disorder Service as well as part of the Plymouth Artists Together group. The...
Have your say on our Carer’s Policy
As the community health and social care provider in Plymouth (as well as providing some services in South Hams and West Devon), we provide services as diverse as the Glenbourne acute psychiatric unit, district nursing services, health visiting, community mental...
Update to our visiting guidance
Due to increased cases of COVID nationally, we have reviewed our visiting guidance to ensure we can keep the people we care for as safe as possible. We are limiting visitors to one per patient, for one hour, once a day. Anyone showing symptoms of coronavirus should...
