More than £2.5 million of extra cash is being handed to Cheshire hospital bosses to help deal with Winter pressures.

East Cheshire NHS Trust, which runs Macclesfield General Hospital, Knutsford and District Community Hospital and Congleton War Memorial Hospital will receive £1.015 million. In addition Mid Cheshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, Elmhurst Immediate Care Centre in Winsford and Leighton Hospital in Crewe will receive £1.637 million

The money is part of a £337 million winter fund split between trusts announced by Chancellor Philip Hammond.

Tatton MP Esther McVey said: “This extra money is great news for patients and medics. We all want to know the NHS is there for us and our families whenever we need it, so I’m pleased the Government is giving the NHS extra support at this critical time of year, when cold weather and flu can increase the pressures on hard-working hospital staff.  It’s thanks to our strong economy that we can make this extra investment in the NHS.  Polls show the NHS is the institution that makes us most proud to be British and my party will always back and fund it.”

The first few weeks of January are often the busiest for hospitals with winter illnesses and increased numbers of visits to the Accident and Emergency department. 

The £337 million is in addition to the extra £2.8 billion announced for the NHS over the next two years.