Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Sajid Javid today (February 16) officially opened a new two-storey accident and emergency department at Leighton Hospital.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which manages Leighton, secured Government funding last year to reconfigure and expand emergency care services.
Works to prepare for the delivery of a major highways scheme near Leighton Hospital is underway – with the main works set to start by summer.
The North West Crewe Package (NWCP) will see a series of highways and junction improvements made to ease congestion and improve access to the hospital, as well as new and existing housing developments.
Santa arrived early at Leighton Hospital in the form of Pop Nightingale – a toy community initiative created to give back to those in need.
They receive charitable donations of pop vinyl, toys and other child friendly gifts and donating across the UK.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Leighton Hospital has seen a massive 16% increase in patients attending A&E compared to the usual 2% year on year rise.
Chief executive James Sumner said the Crewe hospital now had one of the busiest A&E departments nationally, in terms of growth.
A Nantwich couple who have given up cigarettes after smoking for 100 years between them are urging others to quit.
We revealed earlier this year how Maureen and William Gooder put a century of tobacco addiction behind them after taking part in a support programme.
Ambitious plans for the £663 million redevelopment of Leighton Hospital have moved a step closer today.
A bid for funding has now been formally submitted to the Department of Health and Social Care.
Cheshire MPs are urging the Government to select Leighton Hospital as one of eight in the country to benefit from a multi-billion pound building programme.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan, Eddisbury MP Edward Timpson, and Congleton MP Fiona Bruce say they have written a joint letter to new Health Secretary Sajid Javid.
A new purpose-built unit at Leighton Hospital is helping improve patient experience and reduce hospital admissions.
The Surgical Ambulatory Care Unit (SACU) and Planned Intervention Unit (PIU), managed by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, have been tailored to patients’ needs and avoid unnecessary admission to an inpatient bed.
Leighton Hospital teams are celebrating after reaching the milestone of administering 40,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Its vaccination centre opened on December 29 with the aim to vaccinate 7,000 people, including frontline healthcare workers and priority groups.
NHS pay campaigners say they will return to Leighton Hospital this week as Covid restrictions are eased.
Members of Crewe’s Trades Union Council say they will return to the hospital tomorrow (April 1) with a socially distanced campaign to raise awareness “for a real and meaningful pay settlement for all NHS staff”.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
The number of Covid-19 patients in Cheshire’s hospitals continues to fall, according to the latest NHS England data.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust was caring for 44 coronavirus patients in Leighton Hospital as of Tuesday (March 9).
A married couple from Nantwich has thanked a specialist hospital team for helping them quit cigarettes – after more than 100 years of smoking between them!
Maureen Gooder, 69, started smoking at 19 and has spent the last 50 years, regularly smoking 17 cigarettes a day.
Leighton Hospital has received pregnancy loss comfort bags to support bereaved local parents.
The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust facility in Crewe has received the self-care packages from the national baby-loss charity CRADLE.
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