Our mission at the trust is to provide high quality integrated services as specified locally by Commissioners, delivered by highly motivated staff.
Since 1 April 2011 East Cheshire NHS Trust has been an integrated community and acute trust providing healthcare across central and eastern Cheshire and surrounding areas, in hospital, at home and in community settings. With over 4,000 dedicated staff East Cheshire NHS Trust serves a population catchment area of approximately 450,000.
By bringing acute hospital services and community services more closely together our aim is to ensure that patients receive the best care in the right place.
East Cheshire NHS Trust provides a comprehensive range of acute and community based services, including A&E emergency care and emergency surgery; elective surgery in many specialties; maternity and cancer services. Our community health services include; district nursing, health visiting, intermediate care, occupational and physiotherapy, community dental services, speech and language therapy and palliative care. We also provide a number of hospital services in partnership with other local trusts and private providers, including pathology, urology and renal dialysis services.
Inpatient services are provided from three hospital sites – Macclesfield
District General Hospital (main site), Knutsford District Community Hospital and Congleton War Memorial Hospital, with a total of approximately 438 inpatient beds. Outpatient services are provided in Macclesfield District General Hospital and community bases in Congleton, Handforth, Knutsford, Wilmslow and Poynton.
The trust benefits from a state of the art Antenatal Department, Cancer Resource Centre, Discharge Lounge and the newly built Renal Dialysis Unit.
