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Community Therapies

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Pulmonary Rehabilitation Pulmonary Rehabilitation is an exercise and education programme designed for people with lung disease who experience symptoms of breathlessness. Pulmonary Rehabilitation focuses on tailored physical exercise and...
Community Respiratory Team

Community Respiratory Team

The Community Respiratory Team aims to prevent unnecessary GP calls and admissions to hospital by educating people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) to keep themselves as well as possible, to recognise when their condition is worsening, and give them...
Community Respiratory Team

Prosthetics Rehabilitation Service

The Livewell Southwest prosthetics rehabilitation service is based at the Thornberry Centre and sees patients of any age, who have had an amputation or who have been born with a limb deficiency. The prosthetics rehabilitation service assesses whether people are...
Community Respiratory Team

Long Term Conditions

The Livewell Southwest long-term conditions (LTC) team is a city-wide service for Plymouth, with each GP surgery having a representative on the team. This service is designed to help meet the needs of people with complex, long-term health needs. The aim is to provide...
Community Respiratory Team

Therapy Team

The Livewell Southwest therapy team provides therapy for adults in a community, rather than clinical, setting. People who use this service will be seen at their home (or care setting) where therapy is considered to be more effective in those settings, or if it...