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Livewell Southwest formerly known as Â鶹´«Ã½ Community Healthcare is an independent social enterprise, which provides integrated health and social care services for people in Â鶹´«Ã½, South Hams and West Devon. Livewell also provides some specialist services for those living in Devon and Cornwall. Recent acquisitions and mergers have meant that Livewell Southwest is gaining national and international attention for providing a unique range of services in the South West of England.

The organisation officially formed on 1 October 2011 as an independent health services provider. Working as part of the NHS family, the organisation initially provided health services to the Â鶹´«Ã½ Community only, but has since taken over the adult social care assessment service from Â鶹´«Ã½ City Council and community health services in Kingsbridge, Ivybridge and Tavistock.

To reflect these additional services, Â鶹´«Ã½ Community Healthcare changed its name in January 2016 to Livewell Southwest. The new name reflects the operational growth across South Hams and West Devon and reiterates we are here to help people to live well by providing excellent quality care. While our name has changed we remain part of the NHS family and operate under the same ethos: to support people to be safe, well and at home.

Livewell Southwest is committed to fairness, equity, and values diversity in all aspects of its work as a provider of healthcare services and as an employer of people. We constantly strive to ensure services are fully inclusive and accessible, meet the health needs of the local community and seek to build a workforce that is representative of the community it serves.

The organisation across Â鶹´«Ã½ is divided into the following localities; North, South, East, West, Urgent care and Citywide with teams based in various sites including Mount Gould, Derriford, Lee Mill, Cumberland Centre, Plympton & Plymstock Clinics, Southway, Estover, Centre Court, Windsor House and Barne Barton. Livewell Southwest also has placements/services based at Ivybridge, Kingsbridge, and Tavistock. Further information about the full list of services we provide can be found on the Livewell website.

Livewell Headquarters
Mount Gould Local Care Centre
200 Mount Gould Road
Mount Gould
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PL4 7PY
Phone: 01752 434700
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During your placement at Livewell Southwest, you will be mentored by a key staff member/educator, who will work closely with you and complete your practice assessments. You may also be supported by other team members who will provide feedback to your mentor regarding your progress. Many of our placements use the co-mentoring system and it is possible for you to be allocated to more than one mentor to support you.

As part of your placement, we strongly recommend students arrange time and visits within other Livewell services and teams to broaden placement and learning experience. Our staff encourage all students to take responsibility for their own learning pathway and development, although guidance and support, if required, is willingly provided. Many students gain valuable experiences from spending time with a variety of practitioners; which enables them to develop their skills in interprofessional and integrated practice.

All of our placements are audited regularly in line with NMC standards to ensure they all continue to provide a high quality learning experience.