Health

Nantwich First Responders welcome town’s first 24-hour defibrillator

Nantwich First Responders welcome town’s first 24-hour defibrillator

Nantwich First Responders have welcomed the town’s first 24-hour access defibrillator.

The life-saving equipment will be installed outside St Mary’s Church after it was donated by a local family.

March 30, 2016
Nantwich soprano helps save motorcyclist’s life after first aid course

Nantwich soprano helps save motorcyclist’s life after first aid course

A Nantwich soprano is singing the praises of first aid experts – after she saved the life of a motorcyclist in a road smash.

Jess Thayer used her training from St John Ambulance in a real emergency when she came across the accident just days after she completed her course.

March 21, 2016
Scarlet fever outbreak in Nantwich primary school

Scarlet fever outbreak in Nantwich primary school

Parents in Nantwich are being warned to look out for signs of Scarlett Fever after an outbreak at a local primary school.

A number of children at Pear Tree Primary in Stapeley have caught the infectious condition, and the school is now undergoing a “deep clean”.

February 11, 2016
Leighton Hospital MRI scanner appeal reaches £850,000 milestone

Leighton Hospital MRI scanner appeal reaches £850,000 milestone

Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity has reached the £850,000 milestone as it bids to raise £1 million for a new MRI scanner.

Generous individuals, companies, groups and societies have helped to raise funds for the charity through fundraising events and donations.

February 7, 2016
Daughter shaves head to support Willaston mum’s cancer battle

Daughter shaves head to support Willaston mum’s cancer battle

A Willaston woman is shaving her head for charity to support her mum who is losing her hair in a cancer battle.

Louise Maple wants to raise funds for Cancer Research UK while her mum Kay, also from Willaston, fights breast cancer.

February 4, 2016
Leighton Hospital chairman made Deputy Lieutenant if Cheshire

Leighton Hospital chairman made Deputy Lieutenant if Cheshire

Leighton Hospital’s trust chairman Dennis Dunn has been appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire.

Mr Dunn has been chairman at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2014.

January 31, 2016
Woman and rescue dog to trek Nantwich to Llangollen for charity

Woman and rescue dog to trek Nantwich to Llangollen for charity

A woman suffering from a rare thyroid disease is to trek from Nantwich to Llangollen with her rescue dog in aid of charity.

Emma Husband and border terrier cross Timo will be completing the 60-mile trek in May along the canal.

January 24, 2016
Leighton Hospital staff poster campaign raises MRI scanner funds

Leighton Hospital staff poster campaign raises MRI scanner funds

Leighton Hospital staff raised £200 for the MRI Scanner Appeal – thanks to special Christmas posters!

Employees posted Christmas wishes to their colleagues instead of cards, all in aid of the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity MRI Scanner Appeal.

January 18, 2016
Queens Park Fun Run raises vital cash for “Elle’s Wishes” Nantwich charity

Queens Park Fun Run raises vital cash for “Elle’s Wishes” Nantwich charity

Young and old braved the winter chill to take part in a Fun Run to help boost the “Elle’s Wishes” campaign for Nantwich cystic fibrosis sufferer Elle Morris.

Friends of nine-year-old Elle’s family organised the event which was held at Queens Park in Crewe.

January 17, 2016
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