Doctors and nurses at St Luke’s Hospice in Cheshire are appealing for donations to fund equipment including a “cuddle bed” to bring comfort to patients this Christmas.
Staff have compiled a Christmas Wishlist of items which they would like to fund ranging from rise and recline chairs, wheelchairs and standing aids.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
District nurses have been unable to reach some patients since Cheshire East stopped gritting certain routes and there have been several accidents on icy roads, councillors said.
Cheshire East Council axed a number of roads from its gritting schedule this winter following the introduction of new scoring criteria which adheres to national guidelines.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Learning disability nurses, clinical support workers and care staff are quitting their jobs in Cheshire East because they can earn more working in supermarkets or in pubs.
And Cheshire East is now experiencing “real workforce pressures” in the healthcare sector, bosses told members of Cheshire East Council’s scrutiny committee.
Staff at popular Nantwich farm shop Cheerbrook cooked up a treat for charity by raising £5,000.
The team embarked on a Snowdon trek and raised the staggering amount in aid of Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity and local District Nurses.
Staff at the popular Cheerbrook farm shop in Nantwich are tackling a Snowdon walk to raise money in memory of the shop’s founder who died last year.
Money raised will go to local district nurses at Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust, who supported Andrew Shufflebotham and his family throughout his illness last year.
Nurses from St Luke’s Day Hospice are moving services online to support even more people in Cheshire.
With face-to-face appointments cancelled by Covid, Day Hospice nurses and complementary therapists are offering support to patients from diagnosis who are living with a life limiting illness, through new virtual services.
Protesters are planning a demonstration in Nantwich town centre calling for better pay nurses and allied health care workers.
The protest on August 30 is being organised by the “United We Stand Divided We Fall” group which recently held demonstrations in Liverpool and other UK cities.
An open day is being held aimed at recruiting Community Nurses in South Cheshire.
The event is aimed at registered nurses or third year student nurses looking for a new opportunities.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
A much-needed recruitment drive for new nurses in Cheshire is beginning to bear fruit.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is expecting to have welcomed 40 nurses from India by the end of the year – more than double the number it previously expected to hire.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Hospital bosses in South Cheshire hope to have more than 20 new nurses recruited from abroad by October to help meet demand and cut costs.
Directors at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – which runs Leighton Hospital in Crewe – gave the go-ahead to work with an international nursing recruitment agency for around £425,000 at March’s board meeting.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Leighton Hospital bosses hope a fresh drive to hire nurses from abroad will help cut spending on agency staff.
Directors at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust gave their backing for plans to embark on an international recruitment programme.
By Stephen Topping
Nurses and therapists are being praised after caring for thousands of housebound patients out of hospital in the first year of a new scheme.
The advanced community practitioner (ACP) rapid response service has been run as an alternative to hospital admission across mid and south Cheshire since October 2017, following a trial in Crewe last summer.
Big-hearted Leighton Hospital fundraisers have helped buy vital new equipment for a group of district nurses.
MCH Charity has bought 14 advanced quality stethoscopes and 18 specialised kit bags for the Eagle Bridge Community Nursing Team, part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP).
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