Patients in Nantwich are being seen and treated for suspected cancer faster than the national average, latest NHS England figures show.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT), which manages Leighton Hospital, has been named as one of the leading trusts in terms of the proportion of cancer patients seen and treated within the expected time frames.
A charity worker from Nantwich is representing England at the Cerebral Palsy International Sport and Recreation Association Games.
Andy Small, 22, who was born with cerebral palsy, was inspired to get involved in wheelchair racing by the London Paralympics in 2012.
A Nantwich teenager has completed a tough trek along the length of Hadrian’s Wall as part of his campaign to raise awareness of heart disease in the young.
Harrison Lunt, from Aston, was joined by his dad Ken for the walk from Newcastle across the country to Solway in Cumbria.
The first patients have been treated in Leighton Hospital’s new-look Treatment Centre.
The £23 million unit opened its doors yesterday (July 27), after the completion of a project that included 14 new critical care bays and eight operating theatres.
A family from Willaston took part in a fundraising walk organised by Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) in memory of their daughter.
Alison and Robert Howells, and son Joel, joined the Heart of London Bridges Walk for its ninth year in honour of daughter and sister Ceri, who died suddenly aged just 22.
A Nantwich firm has thrown its weight behind a student’s campaign to provide more life-saving defibrillators in the area.
Brine Leas pupil Harrison Lunt, 17, has taken his school project to a new height after successfully raising money to provide more defibs.
Pupils, staff and parents at a Nantwich school are skipping like crazy – as part of a new British Heart Foundation initiative.
Everyone at Wyche Primary and Nursery School has been practising over the last few weeks to take part in a BHF “Jump Off”.
A 60-hour broadcast by Nantwich and Crewe online station Redshift Radio has helped raise £850 for a new MRI Scanner.
Redshift hosted the monster broadcast in May to boost the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity MRI Scanner appeal and Head Injured People (HIP) in Cheshire.
Vulnerable young people in care in Crewe and Nantwich will get life-changing support thanks to £450,000 in new funding.
The Children’s Society has secured the money from the Department for Education to roll out Care To Be Different.
Members of Nantwich Cycling Group will be in the hot seat when they tackle a 200-mile Nantwich to London ride for charity – in just one day!
The keen cyclists will be pedalling down to the capital on July 3 in aid of Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity MRI Scanner Appeal.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity has announced that Pete Waterman OBE has agreed to be Patron of the charity.
The well-known TV presenter, DJ, record producer and songwriter was keen to take up the role after being approached by the trust’s chairman, Dennis Dunn MBE.
By Sara Royle
Blink and you’d almost certainly miss the Catch22 building in Crewe.
But for the newly launched Cheshire East Sexual Health Service, this hegemonic exterior might actually be a blessing in disguise.
Expectant mums at Leighton Hospital’s award-winning maternity unit will now have access to state-of-the-art equipment.
The hospital’s Prostate Cancer Support Group has donated an Accuvein Unit, having previously donated one to the phlebotomy and medical imaging departments.
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