A South Cheshire nurse has penned this powerful poem as thousands are set for more strike action to highlight the growing crisis in the NHS.
Jenny Howarth has worked as a nurse in the region for several years.
Generous staff and students at Reaseheath College in Nantwich have donated 256 presents to bring Christmas cheer to young people spending the festive season in Leighton Hospital.
The collection was organised by the college’s Wellbeing Team and donated through a Christmas toy appeal organised annually by the Dabbers Scooter Club.
Cheshire East Council has launched a new public health campaign that visualises winter bugs currently circulating.
It comes as more deaths of children from the Strep A virus have been reported across the UK.
More than 1,500 ambulance workers have voted to strike across Cheshire and the North West.
Paramedics, emergency care assistants, call handlers and other staff are now set to walk out in the region.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Children and adult services are so underfunded that Cheshire East Council will have to abandon roadworks and waste collection to pay for them without government cash, a councillor has warned.
That was the stark warning from chair of Cheshire East Council’s children and families committee as she backed a call from Crewe councillor Laura Smith (Lab) for wealthy tax avoiders to pay their fair share.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Leighton Hospital bosses have applied for permission to build a new two-storey modular ward on its Crewe site.
The Crewe hospital was built in the 1970s using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete panels (RAAC planks) in the roof which now need replacing on safety grounds.
A specially designed “Flu Bus” is in Nantwich town centre this week aimed at making the flu jab more accessible for residents and reduce health inequalities.
The walk-in Mobile Health Bus, organised by Well Pharmacy, will be based on Nantwich Town Square in front of the church on October 13, 15 and 15 from 9am- to 5.30pm each day.
A new Tomosynthesis (Tomo) digital X-ray mammogram technology kit has been funded by Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity for the Breast Care Unit at Leighton Hospital.
The £58,000 machine creates clear, 3-dimensional images of the breast, which helps early cancers and difficult to detect lesions to be identified.
Employees of North West Ambulance Service are set to vote on taking industrial action over pay and working conditions.
The vote has been actioned by the GMB Union who announced it has launched a formal industrial action ballot.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
People have forgotten how nasty flu can be and should be “gently” reminded it can be a killer, a Cheshire East councillor has said.
Wybunbury Ward Cllr Janet Clowes, speaking the day before the national vaccination campaign was launched, told the Cheshire East’s health and wellbeing board: “With Covid, I think people have also forgotten not just what a nasty disease flu is but how high the mortality rates can be if we don’t have proper vaccination programmes.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Care at home providers have received an extra 14% towards their fees from Cheshire East Council this year to cover spiralling costs.
Cheshire East had already agreed to increase the amount it pays providers by 6% earlier this year.
Queens Park in Crewe is to remain open to the public despite cases of Avian Bird Flu being confirmed among its geese population.
DEFRA confirmed the cases last week and signs are now around the park warning people not to approach or feed the wildlife and to keep away from the lake.
A new vaccination centre has opened in Crewe to help administer the COVID-19 autumn booster campaign.
Hollowood Chemists have opened a new centre at Crewe Honda Centre on West Street.
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