By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
A replacement for the fire-destroyed Beechmere Care Facility in Crewe has been approved by Cheshire East councillors.
Members granted planning permission for the new building, which will sit on the same site with the same 132 bedrooms, and a number of fire safety improvements compared to its predecessor.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
More than 500 children in Cheshire East are now being cared for by the council, latest figures show.
A Freedom of Information request to the authority reveals 535 youngsters are designated “looked after children” by CEC, with 269 aged 12 or over.
NHS in Cheshire is urging people not to allow coronavirus (COVID-19) to stop them getting the care they need.
The plea, by Dr Katherine Butler (pictured), clinical lead for cancer at NHS Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group, comes as figures from NHS England show A&E attendances in England falling to their lowest on record.
An appeal has been issued to boost the number of foster carers in Cheshire East, amid fears more children will need care after the pandemic “lockdown”.
There are 534 cared for children in the borough and official say “there may be more children needing our support when lockdown ends”.
Millfields Primary in Nantwich is to provide wraparound care for children from 3 to 11 years old from January 2020 to support working parents.
London artist and filmmaker Suki Chan has completed a month-long residency at a South Cheshire dementia care village to help put together her latest art project.
Suki, whose work has been showcased worldwide from China to USA, spent the last month at Belong Crewe.
A new non-emergency ambulance contract for Cheshire will see more staff based locally and boosting standards of care, say health chiefs.
NHS commissioners have awarded a five-year contract to West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS).
Nantwich home care provider Right at Home South Cheshire has been shortlisted for the National Home Care Team of the Year Award.
The organisation will be competing for top honours at the 2019 Great British Care Awards.
By Stephen Topping, local democrary reporter
Councillors have endorsed plans to transform mental health care across Cheshire East, Northwich and Winsford.
NHS Eastern Cheshire, South Cheshire and Vale Royal clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), the organisations which buy healthcare across the area, approved plans to improve services for adult mental health and dementia patients last November.
Nantwich-based senior home care provider Right at Home South Cheshire has unveiled its ambitious expansion plans for 2019.
The organisation, which has scooped three prestigious awards in recent weeks, says its services are in such high demand it is looking to increase its team by 40 over the next 12 months.
A Nantwich foster couple have backed a Cheshire East Council appeal to attract more families to become carers.
Karen and Robert Tulip, from Nantwich, already had children of their own before deciding to foster.
Adults being cared for in their own homes by Nantwich-based Right at Home are in safe hands after it was rated ‘Outstanding’ in a recent inspection.
The homecare organisation received the rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Planners have approved a bid to turn the former Redsands children’s centre in Nantwich, into a specialised 71-bedroom dementia care village.
The buildings, in Willaston, will now have a new lease of life as a specialised centre of excellence in dementia care, with landscaped gardens and residential units.
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