Hospital chiefs in South Cheshire have paid out more than £25 million in medical compensation claims in the past five years, latest figures show.
The eye-watering statistics were unveiled today as the rising number of historical compensation claims is putting a dent in hospital trust budgets across the UK.
A Dementia Friendly Christmas Tea Dance helped raise hundreds of pounds for Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity at Leighton Hospital.
It was organised by Dementia Action Alliance at Beechmere in Crewe and refreshments were donated by Tesco Extra in Crewe.
Leighton Hospital staff were honoured for their hard work – by Olympic gold medalist Joe Clarke!
Employees for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were given the golden treatment at an awards ceremony.
A driver thought to have been involved in a road accident in Nantwich was found slumped at the wheel of his car half a mile away, police say.
The accident happened on London Road in Nantwich when a silver Ford Fiesta was in collision with a Vauxhall Mocha at around 10.15am today.
Crewe and Nantwich fracture patients are to benefit from fewer hospital visits and shorter waiting times with a new “virtual” fracture clinic.
The scheme, the first in Cheshire, has launched at Leighton Hospital in a bid to improve care while cutting the number of times patients have to visit the hospital for an appointment.
A remembrance service will take place to celebrate the lives of Crewe and Nantwich children and babies who have died.
The annual service is organised by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT), which manages Crewe’s Leighton Hospital.
Leighton Hospital is one of the top performing in the country, according to a new online tracker.
The BBC’s NHS Tracker ranks Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust number one out of 131 trusts for the percentage of people who receive planned hospital care within the national waiting time target.
Sunday and evening bus services in Crewe and Nantwich look set to be scrapped by Cheshire East Council after it reviewed its plans following consultation.
But Saturday services will be maintained as the authority prepares to press ahead with cuts to its subsidised bus services.
Trust bosses who run Leighton Hospital say their efforts to recruit staff locally to replace EU workers leaving, has been a success.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust (MCHFT) say use of social media and the ‘Return to Practice’ scheme is having a positive impact.
The number of EU staff quitting the NHS trust in South Cheshire is on the rise, latest figures show.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT), which runs Leighton Hospital, is among just 29 trusts in the country that have seen both a rise in EU staff leaving and a fall in EU staff joining.
Staff at Leighton Hospital’s Cardiac Ward have launched their new 2018 charity calendar.
All proceeds raised from the sale of calendars will go to Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity and help pay for recliner chairs for the Cardiac Ward.
A woman suffered serious injuries in a crash involving an HGV and car on Nantwich Road today (September 7).
She was a passenger in the vehicle when the collision with the lorry happened on the A534 close to Manor Way and the Old Manor pub in Crewe.
Patients in Crewe and Nantwich are being seen and treated for suspected cancer faster than the national average, latest NHS figures show.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital, has been named as one of the country’s leading Trusts in the proportion of cancer patients seen and treated in the expected time frames.
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