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.
A church and social enterprise in Nantwich have teamed up to offer support to bereaved families in the town. “Living with Loss” is the first Open Space project offered by Nantwich Elim Church in partnership with WellKin – Dance, Health and WellBeing.
Forty staff from Reaseheath College in Nantwich have signed up for the Chester Dragon Boat Festival to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Two teams of Reaseheath rowers will take on other dragon boat teams in the race on the River Dee at Chester.
Two local charities are joining forces to recruit volunteers at a special event in South Cheshire next month. Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity and Hope House Children’s Hospice are staging the recruitment drive on Wednesday July 2.
A Macmillan Cancer Unit serving Nantwich and Crewe needs more volunteers to help cope with demand. The Unit, at Leighton Hospital, is hosting a series of walks to support people in their active recovery from cancer treatment.
A 40-year-old Nantwich dad is in training for a 75km bike marathon in the Welsh mountains to raise money for a £1 million hospital appeal. Simon Warbrook, of Stapeley, will tackle a challenging route starting and finishing in Rhayader, the gateway to the spectacular Elan Valley in Mid Wales.
The first Crewe and Nantwich patients have been treated at the newly unveiled operating theatres and critical care unit at Leighton Hospital. Patients in intensive care or on the high dependency unit have been transferred into the new £22.8 million facilities.
Pupils at a school near Nantwich have raised enough money to fund a life-saving defibrillator to be based on site. Tarporley High School students were given one final donation by First Responders in the village to afford the machine.
Green-fingered volunteers across Nantwich and Crewe have helped transform a garden at Leighton Hospital. A team, which included students from Reaseheath College, spent a day weeding, pruning and painting at the coronary care unit garden.
A Nantwich girl who survived three brain haemorrhages – one which went undetected for four years – is defying the odds by running for charity to honour her carers.
Brave Ellie Calder, 20, has lived with a rare condition which can cause a haemorrhage any second of the day, for 13 years.
Staff at Richmond Village in Nantwich are celebrating after it was awarded “Top 20 Recommended Care Home 2014”. The carehome.co.uk Top 20 Care Home Awards 2014 highlight the most recommended care homes in each UK region.
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