NHS England / Improvement has formally approved the merger of Cheshire’s four NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups into one.
Accountable Officer Clare Watson received confirmation that NHS South Cheshire, NHS Eastern Cheshire, NHS Vale Royal and NHS West Cheshire will become the first CCGs in Cheshire and Merseyside to merge on April 1 2020.
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service is backing annual Restart a Heart campaign in more ways than one.
The service is directly helping to save lives through defibrillators in all 36 fire engines and outside all 28 fire stations.
A director at Leighton Hospital ran a marathon to raise money for a baby bereavement suite appeal.
Julie Tunney, director of nursing at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, completed the Mallorca marathon to raise money for the “Lost Little Ones” appeal.
One in eight planned food hygiene checks are missed in Cheshire East, according to campaigners.
Today, the Unchecked.uk have warned of a “gaping hole” in the food safety regime, as new figures show 731 overdue food hygiene interventions of rated premises in Cheshire East in 2018/19.
A draft five-year plan to improve the health and wellbeing of South Cheshire communities has received support from local people.
The plan was put for a public engagement exercise run by Healthwatch Cheshire East.
Planners at Cheshire East Council have given permission for a state of the art new cancer centre which will serve patients across Cheshire.
The new centre will be built in the grounds of Macclesfield District General Hospital.
Cheshire East Council is offering free blood pressure checks to help Crewe and Nantwich residents find out if their heart is happy and healthy.
The move is part of Know Your Numbers! Week – a national campaign running from September 9-15.
An NHS and social care project to reduce time patients spend waiting to be discharged from Leighton Hospital has been shortlisted for a national award.
By Stephen Topping
Plans to transform the way health and social care services are provided in Cheshire have been given support from residents.
More than three-quarters of respondents to an NHS survey have backed the proposed merger of South Cheshire, Eastern Cheshire, West Cheshire, and Vale Royal clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).
The Home Instead Senior Care franchise covering Nantwich and Crewe has ceased trading, it has been confirmed.
The franchise, called Redshank Senior Care Services, was based at Frederick House on Beam Heath Way Nantwich. It employed staff who care for elderly clients in their own homes.
The new leader of Leighton Hospital has outlined partnership working and an improved offer for staff among his priorities.
James Sumner, who has more than 20 years’ experience in the NHS, started as Chief Executive of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this summer.
A support group for families dealing with lymphoma, myeloma or leukaemia has been launched in Nantwich.
Lymphoma Action, the only charity in the UK dedicated to this type of cancer, is holding its first support group gathering in Nantwich on Wednesday September 4.
By Stephen Topping
Leighton Hospital bosses have welcomed a third MRI scanner.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital in Crewe, has spent more than £1.1 million on leasing and installing the new scanner.
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