South Hams Hospital welcomes Sarah Wollaston MP
Sarah Wollaston, MP and chair of Parliament’s influential Health and Care Select Committee, was welcomed to South Hams Hospital, Kingsbridge, for a fact-finding visit. Staff from Livewell Southwest Community Interest Company, which runs the community hospital,...
Livewell Southwest level of care rated as ‘Outstanding’
Livewell Southwest, provider of health and care services in Plymouth, South Hams and West Devon, has had its level of care rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the health and social care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), following its most recent inspection. A...
Nominations invited to recognise and celebrate staff excellence
Welcome to the fifth annual Livewell Southwest People Awards! These awards are a celebration of everyone who has made a significant contribution to the organisation through innovation, integration, leadership, exceptional service, and excellence in care, as well as...
Community nurses awarded coveted title
Two nurses at Livewell Southwest have been named Queen’s Nurse, joining five colleagues at the organisation who have already been awarded the prestigious title. Sonia Green and Jo Beniston received their award at a national ceremony in London, and both agreed it...
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...
