A new purpose-designed dementia garden has been unveiled at Leighton Hospital.
It’s designed to be a therapeutic outdoor space specifically to support the wellbeing of people living with dementia.
Motorists are being warned of road closures around Leighton Hospital as essential infrastructure work gets underway this month.
The work is part of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s programme to create a health and care neighbourhood around the new hospital.
Engineers are testing at the site of the planned new Leighton Hospital to understand the potential for the future installation of renewable technologies.
The Thermal Response Test will analyse thermal conductivity of the ground for geothermal systems, such as ground source heat pumps.
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.
Nantwich residents are making good use of a new lifeline bus service linking the town to Leighton Hospital.
The new direct bus service hit the road last week for the first time.
Leighton Hospital has been awarded more than £32,000 to install solar panels to cut energy bills and support sustainability.
The project, funded by Great British Energy, will generate an estimated 34,000kWh of electricity a year for the site – the equivalent of powering more than 12 average UK homes for a year.
Leighton Hospital chiefs are launching a large-scale “public engagement” programme starting in Nantwich later this week.
Called the “Big Conversation”, it’s aimed at gathering insights from staff, patients, and the community to shape the future of healthcare.
Engineers are on site at Leighton Hospital this week to start critical ground investigation work.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust plans to develop a health and care neighbourhood, which will include the new Leighton Hospital on a site north of the existing one.
The new direct bus service between Nantwich and Leighton Hospital will launch on March 31.
The link has been added to the re-introduced 71/72/73 Nantwich rural services, which means Nantwich, Wrenbury and Audlem will have a direct bus connection to Leighton.
Leighton Hospital chiefs have submitted a planning application to Cheshire East Council to build an electrical substation on land just off Flowers Lane in Crewe.
The proposed substation will provide power to the site of the planned new hospital, located to the north of the existing Leighton Hospital.
A Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust boss says they are pushing for work on a new Leighton Hospital to start in early 2027.
It comes after Health Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed this week that the rebuild would go ahead for seven hospitals build wholly or mostly from RAAC.
Leighton Hospital chiefs are creating 56 extra parking spaces for patients and visitors at the site.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) is to expand the public car park located opposite the maternity department.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals is hosting a recruitment event for theatre nurses and operating department practitioners on January 25 to fill vacancies.
The event will take place in the Treatment Centre at Leighton Hospital from 10am-4pm, with interviews also taking place on the day.
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