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Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service gave health advice to more than 13,000 Cheshire East residents in the first 11 months of a new service called Safe and Well. Commissioned by NHS organisations and Cheshire East Council, the service sees firefighters using fire safety visits to provide information on falls prevention, bowel cancer screening, stopping smoking […]

Students presented more than 70 thank you messages to NHS staff working to interest young people in a career in health or social care. The tributes were paid at a “Thank You NHS” afternoon organised by students of Cheshire College to herald the NHS’ 70th birthday in July. The presentation was made to representatives of […]

Cheshire East Council has been praised for launching a Livewell directory that makes it easy for people to find out about care services. The integrated Livewell directory was applauded by public sector IT advisor Socitm in a Better Connected audit of online care services commissioned or provided by English councils. The report said: “The Cheshire […]

Caring Together partners have welcomed that Everybody Leisure has been awarded National Lottery funding to keep people mobile by delivering a new rehabilitation programme called ESCAPE- Pain in Cheshire East. The grant was awarded by the Health Innovation Network in conjunction with Arthritis Research UK as part of Sport England’s Active Ageing Fund. It allows […]