Health

More than 150 patients hit by doctors strike at Leighton Hospital

More than 150 patients hit by doctors strike at Leighton Hospital

More than 150 patient operations and appointments had to be cancelled at Leighton Hospital as a result of the junior doctors strike, it has emerged.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said the industrial action forced them to re-schedule 18 non-urgent operations.

January 13, 2016
Nantwich salon offers free haircuts for Elle’s Wishes campaign

Nantwich salon offers free haircuts for Elle’s Wishes campaign

A Nantwich salon is offering free haircuts – to help raise money for Elle’s Wishes.

Staff at Johnston Brady, in Nantwich town centre, will be snipping for free on February 7.

January 7, 2016
South Cheshire College student chops off locks for Macmillan Cancer

South Cheshire College student chops off locks for Macmillan Cancer

South Cheshire College student Chelsea Palfreyman has had her locks chopped for charity.

The Health and Social Care student took part in ‘Brave The Shave’ and has raised over £450 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

January 5, 2016
Hospital bosses in South Cheshire praise Christmas donations

Hospital bosses in South Cheshire praise Christmas donations

Nantwich Town and Crewe Alex stars took time out to from busy football schedules to deliver donations to a local hospital.

Players and staff from both clubs turned up at Leighton Hospital’s Child and Adolescent Unit with toys, games and gifts for young patients.

December 29, 2015
Christmas concerts help raise MRI scanner appeal funds

Christmas concerts help raise MRI scanner appeal funds

Christmas concerts held by a hospital choir have helped to raise vital funds for the local MRI Scanner Appeal.

The Nightingales, choir of the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust, performed two Carol Concerts in support of the appeal.

December 28, 2015
Elle Morris is national face of Cystic Fibrosis Trust Christmas campaign

Elle Morris is national face of Cystic Fibrosis Trust Christmas campaign

Nantwich cystic fibrosis sufferer Elle Morris has achieved the latest of her 10 wishes – by becoming the face of a national campaign.

The nine-year-old, of Wrenbury Road, Aston, penned 10 wishes when her family discovered a life-saving double lung transplant carried serious risks.

December 21, 2015
Edward Timpson marathon run raises £3,700 for MRI appeal

Edward Timpson marathon run raises £3,700 for MRI appeal

MP Edward Timpson has donated nearly £4,000 to the Leighton Hospital MRI scanner appeal after tackling the London Marathon.

The Crewe & Nantwich MP completed the 26-mile marathon to raise funds for the Mid Cheshire Hospitals appeal, setting a personal target of £3,000.

December 16, 2015
Gala ball raises nearly £10,000 for HIP in Cheshire charity

Gala ball raises nearly £10,000 for HIP in Cheshire charity

More than £9,700 has been raised for The Head Injury People (HIP) in Cheshire by masked partygoers!

A gala ball was held in Chester town hall in aid of the charity that supports survivors, families, friends and carers across the county.

December 11, 2015
Christie support group in Nantwich raises £300,000 in 20 years

Christie support group in Nantwich raises £300,000 in 20 years

Members of Nantwich Christie Hospital Support Group have smashed the £300,000 barrier for funds raised for the Manchester specialist cancer centre.

They have achieved it over two decades of fundraising with a wide range of events.

December 4, 2015
Brave Nantwich girl’s 10 wishes helps her fight killer lung disease

Brave Nantwich girl’s 10 wishes helps her fight killer lung disease

Friends of courageous Nantwich girl Elle Morris are hoping to grant her 10 birthday wishes as she fights a life-threatening condition.

Elle, aged nine, suffers from cystic fibrosis and needs a double lung transplant to survive.

November 25, 2015
Leighton Hospital MRI Scanner Appeal tops £350,000

Leighton Hospital MRI Scanner Appeal tops £350,000

Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity is a third of its way to raising £1 million for a new life-saving MRI scanner.

The appeal was launched to provide Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with a new scanner to cope with raising demand.

November 16, 2015
Free Cardiac Risk in Young screenings in Nantwich help hundreds

Free Cardiac Risk in Young screenings in Nantwich help hundreds

Hundreds of teenagers underwent heart screenings at a Nantwich school as part of Cardiac Risk in the Young initiative.

Of the 234 booked in, 214 youngsters attended – and tests picked up a number of conditions, says organiser Sue Dewhirst.

November 13, 2015
Brave Malbank School pupil with life-threatening illness to tackle hospice event

Brave Malbank School pupil with life-threatening illness to tackle hospice event

A young Malbank High School pupil in Nantwich who is battling a life-threatening illness, is plucking up the courage to take part in a 5km Bubble Rush.

Eleisha Plimbley, 11, was diagnosed with multi-system Langerhan Cell Histiocytosis, which affects her spine, skull, pelvis and arms and has spread to her bone marrow.

November 12, 2015