Patients in Nantwich are being seen and treated for suspected cancer faster than the national average, latest NHS England figures show.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT), which manages Leighton Hospital, has been named as one of the leading trusts in terms of the proportion of cancer patients seen and treated within the expected time frames.
The maternity service at Leighton Hospital has been awarded a top rating by UNICEF and the World Health Organisation.
It follows a two-day assessment of the unit, and its neonatal and paediatric services.
Nantwich mums-to-be and their families have access to the best maternity care in the country.
Leighton Hospital’s maternity unit was named “Midwifery Service of the Year” at an annual awards.
Leighton Hospital’s trust has been rated as “good” in the latest Care Quality Commission findings.
The report on Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) was compiled after an inspection by the CQC in October 2014.
The maternity service at Leighton Hospital serving Crewe and Nantwich has been shortlisted for a national award.
The unit, managed by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT), will compete against hospitals from Hampshire and Basildon for the Mothercare Maternity Service of the Year award.
A new chairman of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Leighton Hospital, has been unveiled. Dennis Dunn MBE takes over from John Moran, who has retired.
Visiting restrictions at Leighton Hospital have been extended as the Norovirus winter bug spreads. Health chiefs are now restricting visiting on all adult wards at the South Cheshire hospital to prevent Norovirus cases among patients rising.
South Cheshire health chiefs are to restrict Leighton Hospital visiting amid a rise in patients suffering the Norovirus winter bug. Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) is appealing for visiting to wards to be kept to an “essential minimum”.
A volunteers group has been thanked for helping buy new wheelchairs for hospital patients. The Royal Voluntary Service has worked with Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) to bring in 40 new wheelchairs for visitors and patients at Leighton Hospital.
Fundraisers who helped pay for a new neonatal unit for Nantwich and Crewe families have seen plans for the project. Donors to the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity’s One in Eleven Appeal were invited to Leighton Hospital to view plans for the new unit.
Work has started on a new multi-million pound facility at Leighton Hospital. Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust bosses say the £22.8 million project will provide new operating theatres and critical care unit.
Hospital staff who go the extra mile for patients can now be rewarded by those who have benefited. New “Patient Choice Awards” have been launched by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) as part of its annual ‘Celebration of Achievement’.
Leighton Hospital volunteers have been thanked as part of a 40-year celebration. Volunteers from groups who work alongside Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust staff, attended the event.
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