Crewe and Nantwich fracture patients are to benefit from fewer hospital visits and shorter waiting times with a new “virtual” fracture clinic.
The scheme, the first in Cheshire, has launched at Leighton Hospital in a bid to improve care while cutting the number of times patients have to visit the hospital for an appointment.
Planners have approved a bid to turn the former Redsands children’s centre in Nantwich, into a specialised 71-bedroom dementia care village.
The buildings, in Willaston, will now have a new lease of life as a specialised centre of excellence in dementia care, with landscaped gardens and residential units.
Crewe and Nantwich residents who act as unpaid carers for a loved one can now access up to £500 from a new fund set up to pay for breaks.
The new Carers’ Living Well Fund, launched on November 1, is a joint initiative by Cheshire East Council, NHS Eastern Cheshire and NHS South Cheshire clinical commissioning groups.
A specialist carer from Nantwich has been shortlisted for a prestigious North West award.
Care village experience coordinator Sharon Bull, 50, has been shortlisted in the coveted “Care Home Activity Organiser” category in the Great North West Care Awards.
A South Cheshire Macmillan commissioning manager for cancer and end of life has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.
Tracey Wright, based at NHS Eastern Cheshire, South Cheshire and Vale Royal CCGs, was nominated by colleagues who want to recognise her inspirational work supporting people affected by cancer in the area.
Leighton Hospital is one of the top performing in the country, according to a new online tracker.
The BBC’s NHS Tracker ranks Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust number one out of 131 trusts for the percentage of people who receive planned hospital care within the national waiting time target.
Trust bosses who run Leighton Hospital say their efforts to recruit staff locally to replace EU workers leaving, has been a success.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust (MCHFT) say use of social media and the ‘Return to Practice’ scheme is having a positive impact.
The number of EU staff quitting the NHS trust in South Cheshire is on the rise, latest figures show.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT), which runs Leighton Hospital, is among just 29 trusts in the country that have seen both a rise in EU staff leaving and a fall in EU staff joining.
Nantwich’s two Ambulance First Responders have been shortlisted in the national 2017 Community Hero awards.
Gavin Palin and Max Kelly were stunned when they discovered they had been nominated for the award.
A charity ball is being planned to help the family of battling youngster Lewis Crossley in his fight against a rare cancer.
Lewis, of Hough, near Shavington, was diagnosed with T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and has undergone challenging treatments including multiple courses of chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant.
Staff and visitors at Church Minshull Aqueduct Marina have raised more than £17,000 for local causes in six years.
And moorers at the marina have helped the venue raise £5,167.77 for their chosen charity of 2017 – Anne’s Wish Family Fund.
Staff at Leighton Hospital’s Cardiac Ward have launched their new 2018 charity calendar.
All proceeds raised from the sale of calendars will go to Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity and help pay for recliner chairs for the Cardiac Ward.
Macon Way and Grand Junction Retail Park remain closed this morning after a serious fire engulfed the disused Macon House last night.
Police said today emergency services remain in attendance at the scene of the blaze close to the town’s fire station and the McDonald’s restaurant.
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