Dealership group, LSH Auto, has begun offering rapid workplace coronavirus testing to colleagues across its eight dealerships, including Mercedes-Benz of Macclesfield. Over the last week more than 150 employees of the Mercedes dealership group in the West Midlands were tested using ‘lateral flow’ … [Read more...]
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Alderley Park to host Covid-19 vaccination centre
As well as hosting the Medicines Discovery Catapult's Lighthouse Lab, which is testing samples from across the North for Covid-19, Alderley Park is now also home to a new vaccination centre. Alderley Park Conference Centre, along with Chester Racecourse, will from this week aid GP-led, hospital … [Read more...]
Council supports Children’s Mental Health Week
Cheshire East Council is working with schools, youth groups, organisations and individuals, encouraging them to take part in this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week. The event, which runs from 1-7 February is organised by the national charity Place2Be and is in its seventh year. It aims to … [Read more...]
Expert physio leading the way to recovery
Jeff Ross, founder and owner of Harris & Ross, says we don’t have to be going for massive, impressive exercise challenges as we navigate Covid. Just getting out and about, moving more, will help enormously. He spoke to Marketing WAM members this week… Mental health and physical health are … [Read more...]
Cheshire East residents begin receiving Covid-19 vaccine
Residents in Cheshire East have started receiving the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine through GP-led services across the borough, including in Wilmslow, Macclesfield and Poynton. Initially focusing on protecting those at highest risk, services started to go live last week, continuing through … [Read more...]
Cheshire CCG sets out climate change commitment
Following the target set by NHS England boss, Sir Simon Stevens, for the health service to become carbon neutral by 2045, the Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has confirmed their support to decarbonise primary care and community health services across the county to tackle climate … [Read more...]
Skye Trail Trek will raise funds for The Christie at Macclesfield
A health and safety specialist from Macclesfield will take on a stunning seven day mountainous walk, the Isle of Skye Trail Trek, next year to help raise money for The Christie at Macclesfield. Good friends and keen walkers John Thorley, owner of John Thorley Safety Consultancy, and Mike Banks a … [Read more...]
Wilmslow care provider to create 1000 new jobs nationwide
Wilmslow headquartered care provider, Four Seasons Health Care, has launched a national recruitment drive to fill over 1000 new positions in the firm's homes. As a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic placing restrictions on visits from family and friends of residents, Four Seasons is … [Read more...]
East Cheshire and Greater Manchester volunteers to participate in Covid-19 vaccine study
500 volunteers from Greater Manchester and East Cheshire are being invited to participate in a phase three Covid-19 vaccine study, based at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is among a number of sites carrying out the study, in cooperation with US-based Novavax … [Read more...]
Macclesfield cancer centre to be delivered by Vinci Construction UK
Vinci Construction UK has been awarded the £14.5 million contract to construct The Christie at Macclesfield, a new cancer centre serving Cheshire. Plans for the new facility were confirmed by Cheshire East Council in September 2019, with demolition on the site at Macclesfield District General … [Read more...]
Council stresses importance of Covid-19 measures as infection rates rise in neighbouring boroughs
Cheshire East Council is reminding residents of the importance of social distancing guidance and other measures, as Covid-19 case numbers rise in the North-west. Infection rates in nearby Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Lancashire have all climbed in recent days, despite additional … [Read more...]
East Cheshire NHS Trust secures £2.2 million investment boost
East Cheshire NHS Trust has received £2.2 million to allow the trust to improve patient flow at Macclesfield Hospital. The investment will be used to open a new same-day care emergency care unit, independent of the existing emergency department, for those referred by GPs or NHS 111 for urgent … [Read more...]