Oct04
On October 4 2023, it was announced that Cheshire Constabulary will be launching an investigation into corporate manslaughter at the Countess of Chester Hospital, relating to the period of Lucy Letby’s crimes during 2015 and 2016.
The investigation will focus on the period of Lucy Letby’s crimes from June 2015 to June 2016 and consider areas including senior leadership and decision making to determine whether any criminality has taken place.
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Sep28
From 7am on Monday, October 2, hospital consultants and junior doctors will begin a three-day strike until 7am on Thursday, October 5, and The Society of Radiographers will join them from 8am on Tuesday, October 3 until 8am on Wednesday, October 4.
NHS Trusts across Cheshire and Merseyside, including The Countess of Chester Hospital, are set to be impacted – with service disruption highly likely.
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Sep18
Monday, September 18 marks the start of Organ Donation Week, and there are lots of activities going on to mark this very special campaign.
Last week, the Countess was privileged to welcome organ donation ambassador Emma Johnson who delivered an emotional talk to staff about her son Max’s organ donation experience.
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Sep07
Our 2023 Annual Members Meeting was held on Wednesday, September 27th 2023 from 4.30pm - 6.00pm via Microsoft Teams.
This meeting was held in public and all were welcome to attend. It looked back at the past year and how we will be looking to the future.
You can find an agenda for this meeting here.
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Aug18
On Friday, 18th August 2023, Dr Nigel Scawn, Medical Director, gave a statement to the media. You can read the statement here:
I speak for the whole Trust when I say how deeply saddened and appalled we are at Lucy Letby’s crimes. We are extremely sorry that these crimes were committed at our hospital and our thoughts continue to be with all the families and loved ones of the babies who came to harm or died.
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Aug08
From 7am on Monday, October 2, hospital consultants and junior doctors will begin a three-day strike until 7am on Thursday, October 5, and The Society of Radiographers will join them from 8am on Tuesday, October 3 until 8am on Wednesday, October 4.
NHS Trusts across Cheshire and Merseyside, including The Countess of Chester Hospital, are set to be impacted - with service disruption highly likely.
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Jul03
5 July 2023 marks 75 years since the National Health Service was founded.
The NHS has touched the lives of everyone, treating millions of people every day since its inception in 1948 as the first universally free health system to be available to all.
Over the years the NHS has always evolved and adapted to meet the needs of each successive generation, delivering incredible medical advances and overcoming huge challenges along the way.
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Sep27
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised as one of the top-performing Trusts in England for children’s patient experience, ranking 9th out of the 54 organisations that took part in the 2024 Children and Young Person National CQC Survey.
Conducted by Picker on behalf of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), this survey is a key part of the NHS Patient Survey Programme, designed to benchmark Trusts across the country and drive continual improvement in care standards.
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