Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed James Sumner as its new chief executive.
Mr Sumner has more than 20 years of experience in the NHS and is currently chief accountable officer at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
Two concerts by Shires Symphonic Wind Orchestra have raised more than £1,000 for Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity Everybody Knows Somebody dementia appeal.
The concerts were held in the Leighton Hospital Treatment Centre and a week later at St Andrew’s Church in Crewe.
Almost 10,000 people in South Cheshire were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last year, health chiefs have revealed.
Now doctors are urging people to make urgent lifestyle changes or face risking life-threatening health problems.
A new non-emergency ambulance contract for Cheshire will see more staff based locally and boosting standards of care, say health chiefs.
NHS commissioners have awarded a five-year contract to West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS).
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity staff raised £2,000 from a‘Fashion and Fizz’ evening in Nantwich.
The event, at Nantwich Town’s Weaver Stadium, saw 70 guests enjoy a full fashion show while sampling sparkling wines to raise funds for the charity’s “Everybody Knows Somebody’” dementia appeal.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Brexit is not set to severely harm Cheshire East’s social care workforce, health chiefs have claimed.
Alex Mitchell, chief finance officer at NHS Eastern Cheshire clinical commissioning group (CCG), gave governors an update about how the area’s health system is preparing for Britain’s departure from the European Union.
Leighton Hospital Prostate Cancer Support Group is returning to Nantwich to run a PSA testing day.
The hall will open from 9.30am until 1pm on Saturday April 13 for men between the ages 45-75 to have a PSA blood test.
Nantwich and Rural Care Community is to host an awareness day for local people living with Diabetes.
At the event, they will be giving people information on how they can fit diabetes around their lifestyle – from what they can eat to how to manage their condition effectively.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Leighton Hospital bosses hope a fresh drive to hire nurses from abroad will help cut spending on agency staff.
Directors at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust gave their backing for plans to embark on an international recruitment programme.
By Stephen Topping
A second senior officer is to leave Leighton Hospital to take a role at Royal Stoke this year.
Mark Oldham, director of finance and strategic planning at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is due to become chief finance officer at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.
Nantwich man Simon Richardson has suffered more bereavement in the last three years than most do in a lifetime.
But now he’s fighting back by tackling three Marathons to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East’s population is increasing and getting older, according to new research.
Figures presented to Cheshire East council’s strategic planning board shows the borough’s population has risen from 370,700 in 2011 to 378,800 in 2017.
A doctor at Leighton Hospital is to take on the London Marathon to raise money in her dad’s memory.
Katy Sutcliffe, who lives in Nantwich, was devastated after her father Andy committed suicide in 2015, aged just 51.
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