By Jonathan White
A charity bucket collection held by Bloodwise at Aldi in Nantwich helped to raise more than £540.
An impressive £541.68 was donated by kind shoppers and staff at the Station Road store in just two days.
South Cheshire’s Leighton Hospital has been recognised for the way it monitors and records joint replacement surgery.
The hospital, managed by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been named as a Quality Data Provider by the National Joint Registry (NJR).
Seven brave Nantwich men are to strip off and perform “The Full Dabber” as a charity stunt to raise vital cash for cancer.
The event, which will take place in the White Horse pub in Nantwich, is the idea of Nicola Savage.
By Lewis Warner
Bosses of a charity which provides carer breaks for South Cheshire families, has slammed Cheshire East Council for scrapping their funding.
The Neuromuscular Centre is to lose its annual grant of up to £25,000 – less than half the £58,000 claimed by Cheshire East councillors in travel expenses alone in 2016-17.
Staff at a nursing home near Nantwich have been praised by inspectors after turning it around in 18 months.
Wrenbury Nursing Home has received a “Good” inspection report from the Care Quality Commission, after inspectors said it “requires improvement” in its previous visit.
Leighton Hospital bosses are appealing to residents with non-serious conditions to seek other services and relieve “under pressure” A&E department
Local NHS organisations have launched a drive to make sure Crewe and Nantwich residents know about services available if they fall ill or have an injury.
More than 100 young people took part in a heart screening day at Cheshire College – South & West.
The screening was organised by Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), and saw 104 people in total screened to spot potentially life-threatening cardiac abnormalities.
Parents across Crewe and Nantwich are being warned to look for signs of scarlet fever amid rise in cases across the region.
The symptoms of scarlet fever are a fine pinkish or red rash that feels similar to sandpaper – in conjunction with a sore throat, headache and fever.
An international cancer support charity has launched its 99th workshop at Leighton Hospital in South Cheshire.
Look Good Feel Better, which provides practical support for people struggling with the visible effects of cancer treatment, is offering free pamper sessions to local cancer patients.
Council Tax is set to rise by 5.99% this April – a higher increase than was proposed by Cheshire East Council just three months ago.
The authority’s Cabinet approved the move yesterday, claiming it is needed to “protect frontline services”.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity is calling on residents to get crafty by supporting the ‘Everybody Knows Somebody’ Dementia Appeal with Forget-Me-Not Flower pins.
It is appealing to keen crafters of all ages to make the flowers in blue wool with yellow centres, which can be crocheted or knitted in minutes.
Parents are being urged to get their children vaccinated for measles following outbreaks in Cheshire and Merseyside.
There are 29 confirmed cases in Cheshire and Liverpool, with more cases in the West Midlands, West Yorkshire and the South.
Health chiefs running Leighton Hospital say £25 million of medical claim payouts should not be seen as “an indicator of the overall quality of care”.
We revealed earlier this week how Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust has had to pay out millions of pounds in the last five years.
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