A new neonatal intensive care unit funded by a two-year charity appeal has been officially opened at Leighton Hospital, near Nantwich.
Guests including Crewe & Nantwich MP Edward Timpson, who attended the opening, were given a tour of the unit to see the new facilities.
A Nantwich vet helped to raise hundreds of pounds for poorly children at Alder Hey Hospital – by caking herself in mud!
Laura Atkinson, from Aston, completed the “Tough Mudder” course at Cholmondeley Castle to help raise £550 for the hospital.
Patients visiting Leighton Hospital will be using a new main entrance.
Major refurbishment works have been completed on the former entrance canopy replaced by a glass-fronted façade, which now includes an 80-seater Café Express for patients, visitors and staff.
Major roads and M6 motorway in South Cheshire will be safer after a life-saving donation of defibrillators by North West Ambulance Service.
NWAS has donated 16 defibrillators to the Cheshire Police Roads Policing Unit and are providing training in how to use them.
Dates for life-saving heart screenings of Crewe and Nantwich youngsters have been released.
The family of tragic Nantwich teenager Matthew Dewhirst (pictured) organised the screenings to prevent other young sportsmen and women dying of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS).
People in Nantwich can have their say on plans to transform cancer care in Cheshire.
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust – which provides specialist cancer care across Cheshire and Merseyside – wants to develop a major new cancer hospital in Liverpool.
A Wistaston councillor has accused opposition of “misleading” the public over a Cheshire East Council hearing on dementia care.
Cllr Margaret Simon hit out after a “call-in” by Labour opposition over Cheshire East’s new plan for dementia care over next few years.
Visitors to Leighton Hospital are being warned of disruption as the main car park is to close down for six weeks.
The closure is to allow for refurbishment of the car park off Smithy Lane, says Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT).
Scores of Nantwich youngsters are to be screened for a deadly heart condition in memory of tragic Matthew Dewhirst.
The 17-year-old, who lived in Nantwich and Crewe, collapsed and died of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS) during a rugby training session.
Volunteers at Nantwich’s local Macmillan Cancer Unit have won a national award for their long service in supporting cancer sufferers.
Gill Pass and Lorna Lakey were presented with a Bronze Five-Year Service Award for their time at Leighton Hospital’s Macmillan centre by Mayor Pam Minshall and Macmillan senior development manager Nicola Cook.
Nantwich patients at Leighton Hospital’s Macmillan Cancer Unit have been boosted by state-of-the-art medical equipment. A donation from charity organisation Boot Out Breast Cancer has provided the unit with a scalp-cooling DigniCap system.
Two Nantwich villages are to benefit from new life-saving defibrillators. Willaston Primary School is receiving one of the defibrillators thanks to a donation from South Cheshire Harriers.
Leighton Hospital’s much-used Treatment Centre is to undergo a major six-month overhaul from next week. Works will include the creation of a dedicated surgical admissions lounge, and an expansion of the endoscopy suite.
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