Patients in Crewe and Nantwich are to benefit from a new state-of-the-art hospital after the Department of Health and Social Care rubber-stamped hundreds of millions of pounds of funding to redevelop Leighton Hospital.
Health Minister Karin Smyth has confirmed funding available for schemes in the first wave of the New Hospital Programme, including Leighton Hospital.
By Mark Smith, local democracy reporter
Concerns have been raised over a decision to axe specialised long Covid ‘hubs’ in Cheshire.
The hubs were set up in the aftermath of the pandemic to help those suffering from after-effects of Covid-19 such as breathlessness, poor sleep, fatigue, a cough, or anxiety and low mood.
By Belinda Ryan.
A domestic abuse survivor asked Cheshire East councillors how they slept at night knowing lives could be lost and families torn apart because it was axing funding for a vital support charity.
Abi Blake was one of three survivors who turned up at the meeting of the full council to speak against the council’s decision to axe its funding for My CWA (Cheshire Without Abuse) at the end of next month.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A domestic abuse charity which has provided help for survivors and their children for nearly 50 years faces closure of some services after Cheshire East axed its funding.
Cheshire East Council has told MyCWA (Cheshire Without Abuse) there is no more money available from April 1, 2025.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner Dan Price has welcomed more funding for local police in the county.
The Home Office announced this week that Cheshire would receive an additional £3 million.
Charity bosses say vital complementary therapy offered to end-of-life patients in South Cheshire could end because of a funding shortage.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity is appealing for help to raise £20,000 to keep its complementary therapies service going.
Nantwich councillors have aired concerns over a long-running stalemate over how to spend £750,000 of funding in the town.
The Section 106 money comes from housing developers building the Kingsbourne estate in Nantwich.
Nurses at St Luke’s Hospice in Cheshire are urging the community to “walk with us” at their annual Midnight Walk fundraising event as the charity faces worrying times.
Hospices across the UK are facing a funding crisis due to rising staff costs and steep increases in utility bills.
New mobile household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) are being considered by Cheshire East Council amid plans to revamp its service.
The staffed mobile centres would visit “public spaces” once a month around the borough.
Nantwich Town councillors have narrowly voted to pay £7,000 towards a consultant to get a proposed Youth Arts Festival off the ground.
The festival idea was proposed by councillors Geoff Smith and John Priest in March.
A support group in Nantwich for women with cancer has received a financial boost from a housing developer.
Volunteer-led Cheshire Roses Group offers emotional and pastoral support for women affected by cancer.
Cheshire East is to offer grant funding to local organisations who can deliver cultural activities.
The funding support is from the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Cheshire East Council is to be allocated more than £180 million to be invested in improving local transport, the Government has announced.
It’s part of the £1.5 billion of reallocated HS2 funding being invested in the North West through the Local Transport Fund.
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