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A frustrated Nantwich patient had to make a staggering 520 calls in one day to finally get through to her GP surgery.
The patient, who we agreed to call Sophie, has been registered at Kiltearn Medical Centre in Nantwich for 25 years.
Cheshire Police has issued seatbelt covers to 3,000 neuro-diverse children across the county.
The seatbelt covers will draw the attention of emergency responders who will see a contact card with information about the child if they are involved in a road collision.
A clinic in Nantwich is the first in the UK to offer patients pioneering new “self test” blood tests.
The Nantwich Clinic has teamed up with a company in Switzerland to offer the Bloom Lab tests which can measure levels of iron, protein and the thyroid in just minutes.
A Nantwich man is one of the first cancer patients to benefit from a new holistic myeloma clinic launched for older patients at The Christie Macclesfield.
Steve Golby, 68, is being treated by the myeloma team at The Christie alongside the new specialist service from the Senior Adult Oncology Team which assess and supports older patients with complex needs undergoing chemotherapy.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s leader said the government needs to take responsibility for social care at a time when the council is facing massive budgetary pressures and has low reserves.
Cllr Sam Corcoran (Lab) was speaking after Sutton councillor Chris O’Leary (Con) questioned the council’s “raid on reserves” to balance the books last year.
COVID-19 heroes from South Cheshire attended a special Number 10 Reception as part of the NHS 75th anniversary celebrations.
Roger Morris, Raj Patel and Karen Cotici were invited to honour their roles in helping protect the local population during the pandemic.
A charity group which has raised vital hospital funds in South Cheshire for half a century is to close down.
The League of Friends of Leighton Hospital will come to an end as it marks its 50th anniversary year at the hospital.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals which runs Leighton Hospital has won a Pastoral Care Quality Award for international recruitment.
It was rewarded for its best-practice pastoral support in international recruitment.
NHS staff from Crewe and Nantwich have been shortlisted for the NHS Parliamentary Awards.
The awards recognise outstanding contribution of staff and volunteers working in the health service.
A Nantwich family is heartbroken after their daughter discovered she has a rare ovarian cancer after almost a year of being misdiagnosed.
Nikki Rowe, 26, has Stage 3 Primary Peritoneal Cancer, and despite major surgery and 18 weeks of chemotherapy, has been dealt the terrible blow by specialists of a “short term life expectancy”.
Cheshire East Council bosses have re-launched a “Pick-Fit” scheme to help clear streets of litter and get people fitter.
CEC’s Ansa Environmental Services are linking up with Everybody Health and Leisure to run the scheme.
Successful slimmers in Nantwich have donated bags of clothes they’ve slimmed out to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
They have taken part in the “Big Slimming World Clothes Throw” which raises funds for local Cancer Research UK shops.
Leighton Hospital is to be fully redeveloped at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds, the Government has announced.
The South Cheshire hospital is one of a number which will be part of the £20 Billion hospital building programme.
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