We support people to lead independent, healthy lives
We support people to lead independent, healthy lives
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Specialists in Community Health and Care
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award winning social enterprise providing integrated health and social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams and West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon and Cornwall. We are at the forefront of integrating health and social care, which means that we care for people in new ways that are more efficient, with health and social care professionals who would have previously worked in individual teams now working together. This helps us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place and at the right time.
You will find our teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health and wellbeing hubs, at community events and even at football matches.
In 2019 Livewell Southwest was inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and received a rating of ‘good’ overall. Our mental health inpatient unit (Glenbourne) and our community learning disabilities team received an exceptional rating of ‘outstanding’.
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Our Performance
Livewell Southwest constantly monitors the services it provides to ensure we are delivering the right care and support to people, at the right time, and in the right place. We have used this information to produce a simple snapshot of our performance. Please see our Quality Accounts to take a look at our performance in 2023/24.
We also regularly ask our service users to provide us with feedback on their experience of using our services. You can view the recent reviews of our services on the right hand side of this page.
Our Mission
Our mission is to support people to stay well in the place and the community in which they live, where they can enjoy the best quality of life.
Wellbeing Is Our Priority
Wellbeing is our priority: healthy people and healthy communities are vital and our long term investment priority.
Our Commitment
Our commitment is to implement new ways of working to significantly reduce the need for hospital bed-based care, including people with complex needs, by wrapping our services around home and community-based care.
Latest News
New gender-neutral toilet introduced at Livewell’s Thornberry Centre
Prosthetics and Orthotics Services Support Manager Steve Cooper has spearheaded the initiative to make the Thornberry Centre more inclusive by introducing a gender-neutral toilet into the facility. With minimal work required, apart from new signage, Steve has had the...
Gold standard new swallowing assessment available at Livewell
Two Livewell speech and language therapists have been successful in their campaign to make a gold standard swallowing assessment available to inpatients dealing with an acute onset or progressive neurological impairment The assessment, called Fibreoptic Endoscopic...
New Livewell Southwest Quality Accounts published
Livewell Southwest is proud to publish its Quality Accounts 2020-2021, this year also featuring our latest Social Impact report 2020-21. This latest publication enables us to share the work we are most proud of and the benefits we continue to bring to the communities...
Livewell congratulates Steve Perry, volunteer, following completion of his National Volunteer Certification
Dawn Slater, Director of People and Professionalism and Chief Nursing Officer had the pleasure of meeting volunteer Steve Perry today, to present him with a certificate of completion, on behalf of Health Education England (HEE) and SFJ, for successful completion of...
Celebrating one year of the Short Term Care Centre
The Short Term Care Centre is a 24 en-suite bedroom facility to help people recover from illness and ensure they don’t spend longer than necessary in hospital. The service, providing flexible residential intermediate care at the Patricia and William Venton Centre at...