By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council may be forced to run its own care homes for the first time in decades as the price of commissioning private sector services is spiralling.
The council recently forecast a budget shortfall of £18.7m by the end of this financial year.
By Jonathan White
TheFunkyChoir has been entertaining people across South Cheshire at care homes and a crafts and antiques centres during December.
The choir performed twice at Dagfields Crafts & Antiques in Heathfield near Nantwich.
Visual Arts learners at Cheshire College have been reaching out to local communities through their art to make supportive connections during lockdown.
The College’s “Create, Share, Collect” project has seen postcards of student artwork based on local architecture sent to care homes in alongside personalised messages.
By Jonathan White
Nantwich Town Ladies players teamed up to help distribute hampers to care homes in Nantwich and Crewe and a Foodbank in Crewe.
The items were donated by kind-hearted players and staff and decoratively packaged.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Eight care homes in Cheshire East are experiencing coronavirus outbreaks, councillors have been told.
The figure was revealed at CEC’s health and adults social care and communities scrutiny committee, where an “outbreak” is classed as “two or more related cases amongst staff and residents”.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Care home bed availability for elderly people in Cheshire East is under strain due to the Covid-19 pandemic, figures show.
Public Health England data shows there were just 9.8 care homes beds per 100 people aged 75 and over in Cheshire East at the end of March.
Nantwich firm Direct Access has sourced millions of items of Personal Protective Equipment to help local authorities, care homes and disability organisations fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Steven Mifsud, boss of the disability access consultancy, based at Regents Centre off London Road, says they have used international contacts to bring supplies to the UK.
A former teacher who runs the ‘Musical Moments’ franchise in Nantwich has been shortlisted in the 2018 E3 Business Awards.
Vicky Thornton has been running her interactive musical sessions in care homes across Nantwich, Crewe and Stoke-on-Trent since 2016.
Council-run respite care homes serving Nantwich residents have been given a 12-month reprieve.
The future of Lincoln House in Crewe looked in doubt as Cheshire East Council looks to the independent sector to provide future care.
Recent Comments