An epilepsy charity founder has teamed up with her MP and a hospital boss to raise awareness of the condition.
Wendy Shaw met remotely with Crewe and Nantwich MP, Dr Kieran Mullan and Leighton Hospital Chief Executive James Sumner.
Leighton Hospital has received pregnancy loss comfort bags to support bereaved local parents.
The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust facility in Crewe has received the self-care packages from the national baby-loss charity CRADLE.
Cheshire’s Police and crime commissioner has vowed to support victims of domestic abuse in the county after figures show cases have doubled since the start of the pandemic.
Statistics released by charity My CWA (Cheshire Without Abuse) revealed the number of victims it is supporting, including adults and children, has doubled from 200 pre-Covid to 400.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Covid-19 vaccine supplies in Cheshire East will be “throttled back” to allow other parts of the country “to catch up”.
That’s according to Cheshire East Council leader Sam Corcoran, who made his comments during his leaders’ address at a full council meeting and on Twitter today (February 19)
A South Cheshire parish council has added a splash of colour to Leighton Hospital entrance after donating a rainbow bench.
Minshull Vernon & District Parish Council commissioned the bench to be displayed as a way of saying “thank you” to local NHS staff and key workers for their work during the coronavirus pandemic.
A popular independent health clinic in Nantwich is expanding and moving to larger premises on the outskirts of the town.
Tom and Gill Fox, who run The Nantwich Clinic, are set to open an all-new Health Hub by converting premises off Newcastle Road in Stapeley, opposite Cheerbrook farm shop.
Organisers have cancelled this year’s Nantwich Food Festival because of the current pandemic.
The popular 3-day event, scheduled for September, pulls in tens of thousands of visitors every year.
Patients at St Luke’s Hospice and their families are using new Covid-safe visiting facilities funded by donations.
Since the start of the pandemic patients receiving end of life care have been able to have visits at their bedside from loved ones, with strict safety procedures in place.
Organisers have officially announced the cancellation of the 2021 Nantwich Jazz Festival.
The event, planned for April 1-5, was not likely to be held because of the current lockdown and ongoing pandemic.
Work is now underway on a new multi-million pound project to expand Leighton Hospital’s Emergency Department.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which manages the hospital, received government funding last year to reconfigure and expand emergency care services.
Crewe and Nantwich college students are on a mission to virtually reach the moon during lockdown by running, walking and cycling.
Cheshire College has joined forces with Association of Colleges Sport in their latest Lunar Challenge to collectively travel 238,855 miles with other member colleges.
Residents in Nantwich will be offered virtual mental health and wellbeing sessions funded by Police and Crime Commissioner David Keane.
The local policing team and volunteer group, Nantwich Buddies, have received funding from the Community Police Fund to run an eight-week course.
An 80-year-old coronavirus survivor from Nantwich has raised more than £1,200 for the hospital that ‘saved her life’.
Gill Bennett was admitted to Crewe’s Leighton Hospital after her temperature soared to 40 degrees.
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