A South Cheshire hospital charity has raised more than £6,000 with their festive activities, which included £5,000 from their annual Merry Miles fun run.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity (MCH Charity), part of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, moved their Merry Miles fundraiser online last month due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Leighton Hospital’s emergency department could soon expand by more than 4,000 square metres.
Health chiefs have submitted a planning application to add a two-storey modular extension to the site’s accident and emergency department, which will be installed in the car park.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Talks are ongoing between Cheshire East Council and the government over expanding community Covid-19 testing in the borough.
Professor Rod Thomson, public health consultant for CEC, revealed that the authority has ‘an expression of interest with the Department for Health and Social Care to allow those individuals who have to leave home for work’ more access to community testing.
Nantwich officers have warned parents of teenagers to keep them at home in lockdown after Cheshire Police issued more than 300 fines in January.
They say parents of children caught breaking lockdown rules could be fined, after complaints in the Stapeley area of groups of youths hanging around, some involved in anti-social behaviour.
By Hannah Youds
It has been almost three weeks since the first Covid-19 vaccine was administered in Nantwich – and the fight to eradicate the virus locally is not slowing down, say health chiefs.
Residents of Nantwich have been receiving their vaccines at the Civic Centre to help them gain protection against the Coronavirus.
Directors of Public Health across Cheshire today appealed to all supermarkets and food/convenience stores to adhere to the COVID secure public health guidance.
Several national supermarkets have confirmed they will be tightening up rules and enforcing face coverings in their stores which is welcomed by directors.
Cheshire East Council has lifted timing restrictions on travel for holders of concessionary bus passes.
The move aims to support the Covid-19 vaccine roll out for elderly people and disabled residents.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
The NHS body responsible for Cheshire’s Covid-19 vaccination programme is facing a deficit of £6.5 million.
NHS Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) latest financial projections show higher expenditure in the organisation’s hospital discharge programme in the autumn means it is facing a black hole of £6.461 million by the end of March.
Ten per cent of Cheshire East residents have ‘already’ had their first Covid-19 vaccination dose, according to Cheshire East Council leader Sam Corcoran.
His comments come as it emerged health chiefs are looking into opening a mass Covid-19 vaccination centre for Cheshire.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
The number of health checks on vulnerable children in Cheshire East Council care within 20 days plummeted last year, it has been revealed.
One of Cheshire East’s key performance indicators for its care of vulnerable children is the proportion of initial health assessment requests made within 20 days for a child when they enter CEC’s care.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
There is “no evidence” primary school children are “silent spreaders” of Covid-19, says Cheshire East Council’s leader.
Cllr Sam Corcoran, who made the comment, has also repeated criticism of the government’s NHS Test & Trace service.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Five per cent of Cheshire East residents have already had their first doses of the Covid-19 vaccination, according to Cheshire East Council leader Sam Corcoran.
In his update on CEC’s standing in the pandemic today (January 15), Cllr Corcoran said the vaccination programme is “going well”.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
A new shared vision “for children and young people in Cheshire East” has been formally endorsed by the borough’s cabinet.
The vision includes aims such as making “families and communities strong, welcoming and supportive, where differences are celebrated”.
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