A Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust boss says they are pushing for work on a new Leighton Hospital to start in early 2027.
It comes after Health Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed this week that the rebuild would go ahead for seven hospitals build wholly or mostly from RAAC.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is to continue a scheme which sees family members of pregnant women being paid in vouchers to stop smoking.
In 2022, the council’s adults and health committee approved a financial incentive scheme to help pregnant women quit smoking.
Charity bosses say vital complementary therapy offered to end-of-life patients in South Cheshire could end because of a funding shortage.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity is appealing for help to raise £20,000 to keep its complementary therapies service going.
Leighton Hospital chiefs are creating 56 extra parking spaces for patients and visitors at the site.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) is to expand the public car park located opposite the maternity department.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals is hosting a recruitment event for theatre nurses and operating department practitioners on January 25 to fill vacancies.
The event will take place in the Treatment Centre at Leighton Hospital from 10am-4pm, with interviews also taking place on the day.
Visitors to Leighton Hospital are being urged to wear masks as the trust battle against rising cases of flu and other respiratory viruses.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust is reintroducing face masks in clinical areas of its hospitals from today (Thursday January 9).
Cheshire College has unveiled a new “Sensory Space” to support students on its Crewe campus.
The aims is to provide a haven for students with neuro-divergent conditions when they are feeling overwhelmed or needing a quiet space.
Groundworks will start at Leighton Hospital in January for a new modular building next to the entrance of the Outpatients Department.
The building, scheduled to arrive in early March, will house Audiology and Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) services, which are due to relocate to the new facilities in summer 2025.
The Endoscopy team at Leighton Hospital has received national accreditation.
The award comes after a review by the Joint Advisory Group on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (JAG).
A charity boss from Nantwich is to undertake an Arctic Frontier Challenge to raise funds for families affected by childhood cancers.
Richard Driffield, CEO of The Joshua Tree charity, will set out on January 15 for a three-day journey spanning 40 miles inside the Arctic Circle.
Leighton Hospital visiting hours will be extended over the Christmas period – with two more days added for the festive season.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust says visiting hours for adult inpatients will be between 11am and 8pm on
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A planning application for the new Leighton Hospital should be submitted by April next year with the aim of construction starting at the end of 2026.
Chris Knight, programme director at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust, said the new building would be the size of about 15 football pitches and be sited on land which had been bought next to the existing hospital.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter.
Cheshire East councillors appeared bemused after quizzing North West Ambulance Service bosses over why an experienced life-saving volunteer medic has been stopped from driving to emergencies on blue lights.
Gavin Palin has been with the ambulance service in Nantwich for 23 years and has responded to life-threatening calls, such as cardiac arrests, on blue lights for the past two decades.
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