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.
Two more patients have died at Leighton Hospital after contracting COVID-19, health chiefs have confirmed.
It brings the total to four people who have died from the virus.
Visiting hours at Leighton Hospital have been restricted as health bosses respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says it has followed national guidance in putting temporary restrictions in place for patient visitors.
A second person has died at Leighton Hospital after testing positive for Coronavirus, officials have confirmed.
A Leighton Hospital patient who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, the hospital trust confirmed today.
The man, who was in his 60s, had underlying health conditions.
More events across Cheshire are being postponed as organisers respond to the Coronavirus crisis.
Today, organisers of the Taste Cheshire Food and Drink Festival have announced they are postponing this year’s Easter event.
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