Melanie Venables

East Cheshire NHS Trust

East Cheshire NHS Trust is an integrated acute and community NHS trust serving a population of more than 250,000 people across East Cheshire and beyond. We have more than 2,500 staff who work across our community settings and our three hospital sites. Our purpose is to deliver outstanding care and to improve the health of ALL the people we serve. The trust's estates consists of three hospitals: Macclesfield District General Hospital and Congleton War Memorial Hospital providing inpatient and outpatient services, and Knutsford Hospital providing outpatient services. Further services are delivered at community sites across the locality. Our community health services are delivered from locations including Knutsford and Congleton hospitals, clinics, GP premises and patients' own homes. The Care Communities with which we collaborate also help care for our patients whilst at home, including: • Macclesfield • BDP (Bollington, Disley, Poynton) • CHAW (Chelford, Handforth, Alderley, Wilmslow) • CHOC (Congleton and Holmes Chapel) • Knutsford Services provided by East Cheshire NHS Trust include: • Children and Young People – Inpatient • Children and Young People – Community • Dental – Community • Inpatient – Community • Adults – Community • Critical Care • End of Life Care – Community • End of Life Care – Inpatient • GP Out of Hours • Maternity • Medical Care • Outpatients (Children and Adults) • Surgery • Urgent and Emergency Care Our trust values support the delivery of services and care: • Treat each other with respect and dignity • Commitment to quality of care • Show compassion • Improve lives • Working together for patients • Make everyone count We have recently launched our new Strategy for 2022 – 2025: ‘Our Healthy Future Together' which demonstrates our ambitions for our communities, our work colleagues and the patients we collectively serve. It has five key focus areas; Patients, People, Communities, Partnerships and Resources.