A Leighton Hospital nurse has penned a poem which pleads for people to take COVID-19 seriously.
Jenny Howarth said she felt compelled to write the poem as she felt more people were ignoring Government guidance on staying indoors and social distancing.
A script writer for Coronation Street decided to mark Volunteers’ Week – by working as a cleaner at Leighton Hospital.
Mark Bickerton swapped the famous cobbles for the hospital corridors to lend his support to frontline NHS staff battling against the coronavirus pandemic.
The busy A530 between Nantwich and Middlewich will close for up to four months from Monday for major railway bridge works.
Motorists are being warned of long delays to their journeys with diversion routes taking many around Crewe and back out if they want to get to Leighton Hospital.
Patients at Leighton Hospital who have been treated for COVID-19 are playing a vital role in research into the virus.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is involved in five national and international research studies looking into COVID-19 treatments.
Leighton Hospital, Cheshire Police and Crewe & Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan have launched a “certificate” scheme to reward youngsters staying home during lockdown.
A new service has been set up to provide intravenous medication to Cheshire people in their own home.
“IV at Home” will allow patients to receive medication through intravenous injections in their own homes rather than having to remain in hospital.
Reaseheath College staff have been making a difference to the working lives of frontline NHS staff in the region.
Lecturers at the Nantwich college have designed and produced attachments which make surgical face-masks more comfortable to wear.
South Cheshire key workers or members of their household experiencing Coronavirus symptoms can book a Covid-19 test at Leighton Hospital.
Leighton and Countess of Chester Hospital are now running local satellite sites to carry out such tests, administered by Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Groups.
A Nantwich businessman is embarking on an indoor cycle ride for charity – to raise funds local NHS trusts.
Like many Tim Bowker, who runs Nantwich Refrigeration Services, wanted to give something back to NHS workers on the COVID-19 frontline.
A new satellite testing centre is now open at Leighton Hospital for swab testing a wider group of key workers showing signs of Coronavirus.
The centre will also be available to key workers living in a household with others who have symptoms.
An NHS worker has died of the COVID-19 virus in Leighton Hospital, Mid Cheshire Hospitals chiefs have confirmed.
Brian Darlington, a long-serving porter with Mid Cheshire Hospitals, passed away after testing positive for Coronavirus.
Thirty-six people have died from COVID-19 virus at Leighton Hospital, latest Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust figures today show.
Local volunteers are making and sourcing scrubs for NHS staff in South Cheshire helping COVID-19 patients.
The group, coordinated by volunteers including Emma Dalzell, has set up a Facebook group with many helpers from Nantwich, Crewe and Middlewich who are sewing and making new scrubs.
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