Livewell Southwest

Livewell Southwest, formerly known as Plymouth Community Healthcare is a community interest company established under the Transforming Community Services programme in 2011.

It employs two mental health teams working within Derriford Hospital, on the wards and in A&E and provide out of hours support to Derriford via on call mental health staff.[1]

It took over social services in the city of Plymouth in April 2015.[2]

In May 2015 it won a four-year contract to deliver Pathways for adults with complex needs for Plymouth, South Hams and West Devon by the Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group.[3]

It took over the 5 surgeries of the Plymouth Mayflower Medical Group, with about 40,000 patients, in 2022.[4] It also set up a short-term care centre to help people recover after having hospital treatment, working with Age UK Plymouth.[5]

References
  1. "Thousands presenting at A&E in Plymouth with mental health problems". Plymouth Herald. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. "'We wouldn't go back into the NHS': Plymouth's pioneering social enterprise". Guardian. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  3. "Plymouth Community Healthcare awarded new contract for West Devon". Plymouth Herald. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. "Plymouth care provider to take over GP services". BBC. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  5. "Short-term care centre 'will ease hospital pressure'". BBC. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.


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