A care home resident in Crewe has raised £176 for the Leighton Hospital Little Ones baby bereavement suite.
Alan Gibbs raised the money for the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity’s appeal by cycling the equivalent distance of Land’s End to John O’Groats.
An open day is being held aimed at recruiting Community Nurses in South Cheshire.
The event is aimed at registered nurses or third year student nurses looking for a new opportunities.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Hospital bosses in South Cheshire are determined to get to grips with an increasing demand for A&E as performance continues to decline.
Leighton Hospital’s A&E department had 700 more admissions in November 2019 than the same month in 2018, board members at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust were told today (January 6).
The number of people diagnosed with dementia has risen by a staggering 40% in South Cheshire in just five years, latest figures show.
According to NHS data, there were 1,620 people registered with dementia in the South Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group area in March this year.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Two Cheshire councils have agreed to work together to support a Sunday bus service connecting mid Cheshire to Leighton Hospital and Crewe from next February.
A Merry Mile fundraiser to help build a baby bereavement suite at Leighton Hospital proved a runaway success.
More than 170 people including mums and babies and people in wheelchairs, turned out on a frosty morning to make their way round Queen’s Park, Crewe in support of the £100,000 Lost Little Ones’ appeal.
The norovirus winter sickness bug is sweeping through a Nantwich school, forcing it to close.
Brine Leas Academy headteacher David Cole made the rare decision to shut the school tomorrow (December 13) after consulting with health chiefs.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Murray Luckas as its new Medical Director.
Mr Luckas is an experienced consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist with more than 30 years’ experience in the medical profession.
Nearly 200 residential students at Reaseheath College in Nantwich are looking forward to a healthier future after the college became the first in Cheshire to achieve its Bronze Self Care Award.
The award is part of a programme by NHS South Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to spread the benefits of self care in local communities.
A Wrenbury community project “Immunisation and why we have it” has won an NHS Silver Self Care Award.
It was a partnership between Wrenbury Primary School, Wrenbury Medical Practice and Wrenbury Nursing Home.
Residents in South Cheshire are being urged to follow healthcare professional advice on norovirus following a rise in cases in the local community.
Leighton Hospital has closed two wards to admissions and visitors after it was confirmed that a small number of patients had the illness.
NHS South Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has won a national award for a partnership project with a shared vision.
The project aimed to reduce the time patients spend waiting in hospital for discharge.
Patients in South Cheshire will benefit from a £2.5 million digital hospital prescription initiative.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & East Cheshire NHS Trust will receive a share of £26 million for digital prescribing systems.
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