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What is Livewell Southend?
This is Southend's health and wellbeing website. You can find information and advice on how to stay well, as well as links and contact details for people who can help. You can also find:
- community groups
- details of organisations who can support children or adults with various health and wellbeing issues
- services that can provide support for children and adults
- information, advice and guidance on local services and support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
To sign up for for the monthly Livewell newsletter, which summarises key news and events, please visit Email Updates from Southend-on-Sea City Council, add your email address and select "Livewell: What's New?". You can also select other council-affiliated newsletters you are interested in from here too.
Latest news
Join us to learn how to prevent falls
The Provide Community Mobile Delivery Unit will be at Southend Hospital on Thursday, 13 March from 9:30am to 12:30pm in the hospital car park, offering vital information on falls prevention.
Beware: invincible feeling, invisible danger; free blood pressure checks available at local pharmacies - know your numbers
High blood pressure affects millions of people in the UK, with an estimated 88,000 people in mid and south Essex living with the condition undiagnosed.
Supporting Southend residents to stay healthy during Ramadan
In 2025, Ramadan will take place between the evening of Friday 28 February for 29 or 30 days, followed by the celebration of Eid Al-Fitr.

Find Your Local Pharmacy or GP
Visit the NHS website to looks for services available near you, such as vaccinations, mental health services and prescriptions.

Every Mind Matters
Giving you you simple and practical advice to get a healthier mind and get more out of life.
From how to deal with stress and anxiety, to boosting your mood or sleeping better.

NHS Health Checks
The NHS Check is like a MOT for people.
Once every five years, it measures your circulatory and vascular health. It looks for factors that could mean you are at higher risk of: diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, stroke,dementia.