By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Leighton Hospital bosses have applied to Cheshire East Council for permission to extend ward 26 at the maternity department and build a modular operating theatre.
Ward 26 is the main birthing facility at the Crewe hospital and the department has been in its current location for about 40 years.
Everybody Health & Leisure is launching group cycling classes at Crewe Lifestyle Centre for people living with Parkinson’s Disease.
The classes include riding an indoor stationary bike, which has been shown to reduce Parkinson’s motor symptoms by as much as 35%.
David Lloyd Leisure is planning to open its first ever “enhanced” health and wellness club in Nantwich.
The plan is to build the centre on land off Newcastle Road in Willaston, close to Crewe Vagrants Social and Sports Club.
A local fitness group in Nantwich is using the January “fitness rush” to collect for the town’s Foodbank.
Emma Wilkinson Fitness hired Worleston village hall where they are running three classes in return for donations for Nantwich Foodbank.
A South Cheshire lorry driver has shed his own hefty load – and feels like a new man for it!
Andy Capes says losing five stones has helped him live a happier, healthier lifestyle – and be voted “Mr Sleek” and “Man of the Year” by fellow slimmers.
A new state-of-the-art training hospital ward has opened at Cheshire College’s Crewe campus.
It has been designed and built for learners to gain experience in a real life medical setting.
The clothing company colleagues of a Nantwich woman have raised more than £2,000 to thank Christie Hospital that treated her.
Staff at Clothes2order chose to champion The Christie Charity to thank the hospital that treated Danielle Smith.
People across South Cheshire are being urged to use NHS 111 for all non-emergency healthcare needs ahead of industrial action by junior doctors this Christmas and early in the New Year.
Unions have announced a 72-hour walkout of junior doctors from 7am on Wednesday December 20 to 7am on Saturday December 23.
A new report sets out NHS Cheshire and Merseyside’s plan for improving access to GPs across South Cheshire.
Regional health chiefs want to make it easier and simpler for patients to access the care they need.
The Macmillan Cancer Unit at Leighton Hospital turned blue in support of a campaign to promote antibiotics awareness.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust staff met at the site in Crewe, which was illuminated in the evening, to mark World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW).
Leighton Hospital nurse Sharon Chakandinakira is celebrating after scooping an award for her outstanding contribution to equality, diversity and inclusion.
The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recruit attended a Royal College of Nursing (RCN) ceremony in Manchester.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is backing moves to support the development of more affordable extra care housing as the borough’s ageing population grows.
Extra care housing (ECH) is specifically designed to support older people to remain independent for as long as possible but also to support them as their care needs increase.
Three Nantwich friends are teaming up to stage a fundraiser to help a young four-year-old battling leukaemia.
Olivia Butler (pictured), who lives on Wychwood Village, was diagnosed with leukaemia in June this year and is currently undergoing two years of treatment.
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