Latest news from around Kettering General Hospital

Baby Roadshow
Oh baby our roadshow is here again

A pregnancy and baby road show is being hosted by Kettering General Hospital to help hundreds of parents-to-be to prepare for their big day and subsequently care for their baby.   The event&nb...

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UHN celebrates colleagues and teams at its 2025 Annual Excellence Awards

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) recently rolled out the red carpet for an evening of pride and inspiration at its 2025 annual Excellence Awards at the Mercure Hotel in Northampton. Spon...

The pouch service team in front of KGH
New service launched for some IBD patients

A University Hospitals of Northamptonshire surgeon has carried out a new operation  that marks the launch of a new county pouch service for some suitable complex inflammatory bowel disease patien...

Flu KGH main front
Don't come to hospital with flu-like symptoms

Please don’t visit relatives or friends in hospital – or use hospital emergency departments – if you have flu-like symptoms. That’s the message from infection control experts ...

At the awards
KGH Macmillan volunteer gets a national runner-up award

A volunteer who provides holistic therapies for people using the Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Centre at Kettering General Hospital has done well in a national award. Joanne Smeathers is r...

Solar panels on the roof of NGH where work was done earlier this year.
We are fitting 1,700 solar panels to our roofs to cut energy costs

Kettering General Hospital has started work on a £713,000 project to fit rooftop solar panels to help it to reduce yearly energy bills by around £150,000. It is part of a package of &poun...

Patients with some of the greeting cards
Send a message to a loved on in hospital for free

Kettering General Hospital has today (Thursday, November 20) launched a new volunteer-led service that allows families and friends to send personalised messages to patients online – which are th...

Enhanced care team
KGH enhanced recovery programme one of the best in England

An enhanced recovery programme for colorectal patients at Kettering General Hospital is helping people to get safely home after surgery sooner than ever before.   And its shorter length-of-sta...