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Healthcare worker at home visit

Cheshire East urges care home visitors to be patient with staff

Cheshire East Council chiefs are urging people visiting relatives to work with care home staff and protect vulnerable residents.

Some care homes in the borough remain closed to visitors due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

December 13, 2020
Nantwich care home to host 999 afternoon tea event

Nantwich care home to host 999 afternoon tea event

A Nantwich care home is to host a 999 emergency services tea break on June 25.

Clarendon Court, in Stapeley, is staging the event for all police, paramedics, nurses and emergency services workers.

June 11, 2020
South Cheshire care home resident in Leighton Hospital fundraiser

South Cheshire care home resident in Leighton Hospital fundraiser

A care home resident in Crewe has raised £176 for the Leighton Hospital Little Ones baby bereavement suite.

Alan Gibbs raised the money for the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity’s appeal by cycling the equivalent distance of Land’s End to John O’Groats.

January 28, 2020
Nantwich care home “inadequate” and facing police probe into neglect allegations

Nantwich care home “inadequate” and facing police probe into neglect allegations

A Nantwich care home which was plunged into controversy after the death of one of its missing dementia patients, has been ruled “inadequate” after its latest inspection.

And it has emerged that Brookfield House Care Home, on Shrewbridge Road, is now the centre of a police and local authority investigation into allegations of neglect.

August 15, 2018
Woman stole £43,000 from sick mum in Audlem nursing home, court told

Woman stole £43,000 from sick mum in Audlem nursing home, court told

A South Cheshire woman has admitted stealing £43,000 from her own mentally ill mother who was living in an Audlem care home.

Cassie Stubbs, of Smallman Road, Crewe, pleaded guilty at Chester Crown Court yesterday (March 28) to theft from Rosita Stubbs and was given a suspended jail term.

March 29, 2018
Nantwich care home family fun day raises funds for Alzheimer’s Society

Nantwich care home family fun day raises funds for Alzheimer’s Society

A family fun day at Brookfield House residential home in Nantwich has helped to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.

Nantwich firms clubbed together to donate prizes for the event at the home off Shrewbridge Road.

September 26, 2017
Nantwich care home staff help raise £200 for Alzheimer’s Society

Nantwich care home staff help raise £200 for Alzheimer’s Society

Care home staff in Nantwich have helped to raise more than £200 for Alzheimer’s Society.

Brookfield House Care Home, of Shrewbridge Road, was rocked last year when resident Roy Tomlinson walked out and was found dead six days later in an outbuilding.

June 16, 2017
Developers welcome care home scheme for former Nantwich pub

Developers welcome care home scheme for former Nantwich pub

Developers have welcomed the approval of plans to build a 60-bed care home on the site of the Red Lion pub in Nantwich.

Renewland Developments Ltd has secured planning permission from Cheshire East Council, on behalf of LNT Care Developments.

April 3, 2017
Roy Tomlinson

Jury inquest into death of Nantwich pensioner Roy Tomlinson moved to May

An inquest into the tragic death of a dementia sufferer who wandered out of a Nantwich care home, will take place before a jury in May.

Roy Tomlinson, 83, died on February 4 last year after going missing from Brookfield House care home on Shrewbridge Road.

January 19, 2017
Former Redsands children’s home in Nantwich to be sold as care home

Former Redsands children’s home in Nantwich to be sold as care home

Vandal-hit former children’s home Redsands in Nantwich looks set to be sold and turned into a specialist care home for dementia patients.

A bid for the site, off Crewe Road in Willaston, has been made by Richmond Care Villages Holdings Limited, and Cheshire East councillors are being advised to approve.

January 9, 2017
Nantwich Richmond Village wins ‘Best of British’ competition

Nantwich Richmond Village wins ‘Best of British’ competition

Richmond Village Nantwich has won a “Best of British” competition.

The care home village, off London Road, beat other Richmond Villages around the UK to the accolade.

August 4, 2016
Roy Tomlinson

Inquest due into death of Nantwich care home resident Roy Tomlinson

An inquest into the death of missing Nantwich care home resident Roy Tomlinson will be heard before jury over two days.

Mr Tomlinson, 83, died on February 4 this year after going missing from Brookfield House care home on Shrewbridge Road.

July 6, 2016
Nantwich care home where Roy Tomlinson vanished, in ‘special measures’

Nantwich care home where Roy Tomlinson vanished, in ‘special measures’

A Nantwich care home where tragic pensioner Roy Tomlinson disappeared and was found dead days later, has been ruled as ‘inadequate’ by Care Quality Commission.

Brookfield House Care Home, on Shrewbridge Road, is now being placed in ‘special measures’ by CQC after it was found to be failing in many areas.

June 22, 2016