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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Disruption warning as hospital roadworks to start
The public has been warned of months of disruption when work to prepare for a hospital's redevelopment gets under way. Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Cheshire, is set to be rebuilt by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHT) at an estimated cost of between £1bn and £1.5bn. The scheme's announcement in 2020 followed concerns over the state of the site, much of which was constructed using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) - a less durable alternative to concrete which has sparked safety fears in recent years. As part of the preparatory work, the trust said high-voltage electrical cabling needed to be installed. The work, which will be carried out between June and October, will affect the following roads in Crewe: Brian Palin Way – closed 6 June to 3 July Tottys Hall Way – two-way traffic lights from 30 June to 25 July Tottys Hall Way – single-file traffic roundabout from 21 July to 27 July Bob Brown Way – closure from Tottys Lane Road roundabout to Flowers Lane roundabout from 28 July to 17 August. Flowers Lane – closed from Bob Brown Way roundabout to Bradfield Road roundabout from 18 August to 26 August. Flowers Lane – closed from Middlewich Road roundabout to Leighton Hospital's staff car park from 8 September to 31 October. Russ Favager, of MCHT, said the trust "sincerely apologised" for the disruption and inconvenience the work would cause. "This preparatory infrastructure programme is a vital early stage in delivering one of the largest and transformational health projects seen in Cheshire for decades," he added. Bosses previously said the rebuilt site would provide the most digitally advanced hospital in the UK, while an extra 50 beds would be added, taking the hospital's total to 600. A planning application for the redevelopment is set to be submitted this year, with work potentially starting in 2027. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. New hospital could cost £1.5bn, government says New hospital 'to be UK's most digitally advanced' Hospital rebuild can go ahead, government confirms Hospital awaits government review amid rebuild Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
BBC News
12-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Former Northwich athlete quit smoking after lung cancer diagnosis
A former athlete diagnosed with lung cancer has praised hospital staff for helping him beat a 50-year smoking Webb, 61, was selected to represent Great Britain at jujitsu in his twenties, despite smoking 80 to 90 cigarettes a he started coughing up blood last year, the sports enthusiast was admitted to Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Cheshire, where he was had surgery to remove a lump in his lung in July 2024 and, as part of his ongoing treatment, has been able to ditch his smoking habit with the hospital's help. Mr Webb, from Northwich, said he had been smoking since he was eight years old and never thought "in his wildest dreams" he would be able to stop.A keen bodybuilder, cyclist and waterskier in his 20s, he was selected to represent his national jujitsu squad at 27."Who knows what I could have been like if I didn't smoke," he said. "I was a really big athlete back in the day and I always pushed myself."It was not long before his smoking habit began to affect his fitness."My breathing was terrible and I probably had the lungs of a 90-year-old by the time I was in my 40s," he said. 'Game changer' When he was readmitted to hospital with a chest infection a few months after his operation, Mr Webb met a specialist from the Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's Cure team, which helps patients to give up signed up for the programme and managed to completely ditch his habit, with the aid of patches and vapes."The big health benefit for me is sleep, because I couldn't sleep very well before," he said."After I stopped smoking, the coughing and the waking up from coughing just about stopped within two months... It was a game changer for me."He also said he was "grateful" to still be alive to attend his daughter's wedding in Harding, a specialist nurse from the Cure programme, said smoking was the single largest preventable cause of death in the country."I'm so happy we were able to make such a difference for Shaun. Quitting is the best thing any smoker can do for their health and it's never too late to stop," she said. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
