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 five 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]