Cheshire East Council is asking residents to keep staying safe as rules on self-isolation change for those fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Positive Covid-19 cases have increased slightly, and currently there are around 1,000 new cases a week in the borough compared to a few months ago when … [Read more...]
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Regulatory approval for Alderley Park drug company
Alderley Park based consumer drug company, Maxwellia, has secured approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to make its daily contraceptive pill available without a prescription. Maxwellia, founded in 2013 by pharmacist Anna Maxwell (pictured), aims to improve … [Read more...]
Completion date confirmed for New Care Wilmslow facility
Development-led care home operator, New Care, have broken ground on a state-of-the-art facility in Wilmslow, with practical completion now confirmed for August 2022. Once complete, Altrincham based New Care will have transformed the 1.14 acre site on Handforth Road into a purpose-built 63-bed … [Read more...]
Council urges residents and businesses to remain cautious after relaxation of restrictions
Cheshire East Council is asking the borough's residents and businesses to remain cautious following the easement of Covid restrictions from Monday 19th July. Cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus are continuing to rise right across Cheshire East (305 cases per 100,000 … [Read more...]
Recruitment begins for Macclesfield cancer centre
The Christie at Macclesfield has appointed its first staff to key roles as recruitment begins for the £26 million cancer centre, due to open in December 2021. A team of three people will be responsible for maintaining one CT scanner and two radiotherapy treatment machines or linear accelerators … [Read more...]
Manchester Airport expands on-site Covid-19 testing facilities
Manchester Airport has announced plans to quadruple the number of Covid-19 testing centres on site, ahead of the restart of international travel. Manchester Airports Group (MAG) – which also owns, East Midlands and London Stansted airports – has confirmed Randox will join existing partner … [Read more...]
Airport City Manchester named as headline sponsor for 5km running series
Returning this summer after a year's absence due to the pandemic, Sale Harriers have announced Airport City Manchester as headline sponsor for its popular Sizzler 5km running series. Having been staged successfully for more than 20 years, 2020 was the first year Sale Harriers had to cancel the … [Read more...]
Test and Trace pilot launches to stay ahead of local outbreaks in Cheshire East
Cheshire East Council and NHS Test and Trace have launched a new pilot scheme in the borough to carry out contact tracing for those who test positive for the coronavirus more quickly. Known as ‘Local-0’ (zero), this new joint initiative will help the council to contact positive cases faster by … [Read more...]
£3.2 million investment for consumer drug company
A business that is poised to transform the UK’s self-care market has secured a £3.2 million investment in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures. Maxwellia, which is based at Alderley Park in Cheshire, aims to give people easier and faster access to the treatments they need by converting … [Read more...]
Michelle Hay, Health and Safety expert talks to MWAM members about how to return to work safely
With April 12th fast approaching and most daring to dream that we might be venturing back into the workplace for the first time in a while, we asked Michelle Hay of Michelle Hay Health & Safety to give us a checklist of what to consider. She talked about her own PPE ABC – People, Places, … [Read more...]
Covid-19 treatment trial opens to East Cheshire adults
East Cheshire residents experiencing Covid-19 symptoms are invited to take part in a clinical trial to explore a possible treatment for the disease that can be taken at home. The PRINCIPLE trial, led by Oxford University and supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is … [Read more...]
Cheshire East ranked one of England’s healthiest boroughs
Cheshire East has been ranked in the top 20 local council areas in England for overall health in a new index compiled by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS' Health Index for England ranked local authority areas on three criteria: health people, healthy lives and health places. … [Read more...]