[1] From 1947 to 1974, most NHS services in Cheshire were managed by the Manchester Regional Hospital Board, apart from those in part of Chester (borough of Bebington); the urban districts of Ellesmere Port, Hoylake, Hoole, Lymm, Neston, Runcorn, and Wirral; and the rural districts of Chester, Runcorn and Tarvin which were managed from Liverpool.
Cheshire from 1974 had an area health authority, divided into six districts: Chester, Crewe, Halton, Macclesfield, Warrington and Wirral.
The practices in east Cheshire started a campaign for fairer funding in 2017, asking all residents to write to their prospective parliamentary candidates.
They claim that NHS funding does not take age into account[8] and that patients in the area are on average older and more in need of healthcare.
A document seen by The Guardian in 2017 maintained that there are plans to cut costs over mental health care which could harm patients.
Cost-cutting proposals in Cheshire could delay the start of treatment for cancer patients and lead to them dying sooner.