News in Sandbach

Changes in maternity care across Cheshire are set to begin following the release of interim findings from the Ockenden report.

As part of that review, national NHS bosses have issued seven "immediate and essential actions" for all Trusts to implement by July 2021.

"Ten per cent" of Cheshire East residents have "already" had their first Covid-19 vaccination dose, according to council leader Sam Corcoran.

"The vaccine programme is going very well. Hopefully all over 80s will be vaccinated by the end of January — this is a challenging target but it looks likely to be met," the Labour leader said.

A deficit of £6.5 million is being faced by the NHS body responsible for Cheshire's Covid-19 vaccination programme.

NHS Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group's (CCG) latest financial projections reveal that although all of its cost needs were met from March to September last year, higher expenditure in the organisation's hospital discharge programme in the autumn means it is facing a black hole of £6.461 million by the end of March.

A Sandbach GP has praised the effort of those implementing Cheshire's Coronavirus vaccine rollout.

Dr Andrew Wilson told a meeting of the Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) today, an organisation he chairs, that there was a "fantastic community effort" driving the program.

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A mass Covid-19 vaccination centre could open in Cheshire after health chiefs indicated they were open to the possibility.

Even without a large-scale site, NHS figures also said that they were "on track" to meet national targets in delivering the jab to priority groups.

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon says it expects its pubs in Sandbach and elsewhere to remain shut until April as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

The company reports "zero" sales in 2021 so far, as all of its 872 pubs have remained closed since 31 December.

The timeliness of health checks for vulnerable children cared for by the council plummeted last year, it has been revealed.

One of Cheshire East's key performance indicators for its care of vulnerable children is the proportion of initial health assessment requests made within 20 days for a child when they enter CEC's care.

A flood alert is in place for Sandbach and Wheelock as Storm Christoph is expected to bring a significant amount of rain.

The Environment Agency has urged residents within the River Dane catchment area to "be prepared" for the risk of flooding in the coming days.

Adoption rates have not slowed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Cheshire East councillors have been told.

Data shared at a meeting of the council's corporate parenting committee's meeting on Tuesday (January 19) said 14 adoptions were completed in the borough in 2019-20.