By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Care workers should be well paid for doing a tough and sometimes “unpleasant” job just as miners were in past years for digging coal, a Cheshire East councillor said.
Cllr Stewart Gardiner was speaking at a Cheshire East Council meeting where it was announced the authority has been awarded £982,203 to help recruit and retain care staff during the winter months.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Leighton Hospital has seen a massive 16% increase in patients attending A&E compared to the usual 2% year on year rise.
Chief executive James Sumner said the Crewe hospital now had one of the busiest A&E departments nationally, in terms of growth.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
People in Crewe die 13 years before those in more affluent parts of Cheshire East so the town deserves investment following years of neglect, a councillor said.
Cllr Suzanne Brookfield (Crewe East, Lab) was speaking following an update report on the town centre regeneration programmes at a meeting of the economy and growth committee.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Agency rates for care staff are “going through the roof” with some nursing homes having to pay £75 an hour for a qualified nurse, one of the council’s top bosses has said.
The demand for NHS and care staff is mounting with vacancies unfilled across the country.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Twenty-three care staff have quit companies contracted with Cheshire East Council because they had not been vaccinated against Covid.
And the council is gearing up for the April “double jab” deadline which could hit all its front-line care and health workers.
A firm of physiotherapists has teamed up with some of the region’s top medical specialists to help South Cheshire people gain access to swift appointments.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nearly half the parents approached in Cheshire East have consented to their children receiving the Covid vaccination in schools.
Mark Bayley, head of service for education infrastructure and outcomes at the council, said 46% had so far agreed.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is deciding on a case by case basis if children in the council’s care should be given the Covid vaccine if birth parents do not consent.
Annemarie Parker, head of service for cared for children and care leavers, told a corporate parenting committee that the local authority sought consent from the parents of cared for children aged 12 to 15.
A Nantwich couple who have given up cigarettes after smoking for 100 years between them are urging others to quit.
We revealed earlier this year how Maureen and William Gooder put a century of tobacco addiction behind them after taking part in a support programme.
Cheshire East’s director of public health is urging residents to keep on wearing face masks when inside with people they don’t live with.
Latest Government figures show the rate of positive cases in Cheshire East as 704 per 100,000 population.
A Nantwich man turned himself into legendary mythical monk Friar Tuck in aid of a cancer charity.
Simon Pablo agreed to have his hair cut in the style of the monk at a fundraising event at the Boot and Shoe pub on Hospital Street.
Staff shortages are being blamed for delays facing patients trying to get through to a Nantwich doctors practice.
Scores of patients have taken to social media to complain about Kiltearn Medical Centre in recent days.
Youngsters at a village school near Nantwich had a colourful time celebrating Hello Yellow Day!
The pupils at Acton Primary dressed up in yellow to mark the day which is a campaign fighting for young people’s mental health.
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