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Sharon King is a woman on a mission to get people talking about death and dying. It’s not that she’s morbid. She just takes her role as Livewell Southwest’s Palliative and End of Life Lead really seriously, because, as she says, death is something that affects us...

With Easter fast approaching, Devon’s NHS leaders are calling on people to take preventative measures ahead of the bank holidays and after. The long Easter weekend traditionally puts extra pressure on health services, with visitors to Devon increasing the number of...

Livewell Southwest has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Apprenticeship Development Award category of this year’s Plymouth Business Awards (formerly the Herald Business Awards). The awards, which will be presented at a celebration on 17 May 2019, recognise the...

Livewell Southwest is delighted to announce the commencement of its contract to provide community health services for children, young people and families in Plymouth. The contract, which starts this week, will run for the next seven years. The contract covers...

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...