Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
THE Countess of Chester Hospital has been used as the backdrop for a new Channel 4 educational programme on pregnancy and childbirth.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
By LIAM MURPHY PATIENTS at the Countess of Chester Hospital are being released sooner, following major operations, under a new scheme to free up beds.
helping business in flintshire (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
This year, the Peter McFerran Appeal is trying to raise £15,000 through various charity events. One such event is the John o Groats - Anglesey - Lands End in 24 hours. Oli and ‘Gilli’ Rhys will be setting off at midnight, 9th of August from John o Groats. If it all goes well, they will be parking [...]
NHS Blog Doctor (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
We reported on this before in Two Days later The year's cleaning bill for the Countess of Chester hospital, including the "deep clean", was £2.325 million and it was all finished before the end of the financial year, appropriately enough on All Fools' Day. Two days later, on 3rd April 2008, the following article appeared in the local paper: Superbug outbreak at the Countess of Chester hospital The...
helping business in flintshire (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Last week, The Flintshire Chronicle had a story announcing a mammoth charity challenge by Caroline (Gilli) and Oli Rhys to raise funds for an incubator. The Peter McFerran Incubator Appeal is trying to raise enough money for a new incubator for the Countess of Chester Hospital. As most residents of Flintshire are aware, there isn't [...]
NHS Blog Doctor (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
Good to know that the Countess of Chester Hospital led the way with “deep cleaning”. The hospital web site proudly proclaims Health Secretary Alan Johnson was yesterday reported to have said that fewer than 50 of the 170 hospital trusts in England have began their ‘deep cleans’, which are being developed to prevent superbug infections such as MRSA and Clostridium Difficile. The Countess of Chester...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
A CANCER awareness event offering support to people living with the disease is being held on Saturday. Living with Cancer is the second of many events scheduled for 2008 by the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
A HOSPITAL had an outbreak of Clostridium difficile 10 days after a "deep clean". The Countess of Chester Hospital closed a surgical ward last Thursday when 26 people fell ill with the stomach bug. The hospital had spent pounds 300,000 on the deep clean, which ended on March 24.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
A HOSPITAL was hit with a Clostridium difficile outbreak just days after it completed a "deep clean", it emerged yesterday. The Countess of Chester Hospital closed a surgical ward last Thursday when 26 people fell ill with the stomach bug.
Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Commenting on today’s announcement that the Countess of Chester hospital was hit with a Clostridium difficile outbreak just days after it completed a deep clean, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary , Norman Lamb said: "This whole deep cleaning exercise has been an expensive example of gesture politics and was flawed from the outset. "The Government didn’t assess whether deep cleans would really...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
THE number of patients affected by an outbreak of the Clostridium difficile bug at the Countess of Chester Hospital has now dropped from 26 to 17. A ward was closed to visitors and some patients isolated in individual rooms to contain the spread of the potentially deadly superbug.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
A HOSPITAL has set up an isolation ward to deal with an outbreak of the Clostridium difficile bug. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Chester has taken the step after 26 patients were found to be infected.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Chester has taken the step after 26 patients were found to be infected.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 01/23/2008
PEOPLE living with cancer are being offered help in a joint venture by the Countess of Chester Hospital and Macmillan Cancer Support.
