Latest news from around Kettering General Hospital

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VE Day celebrations across University Hospitals of Northamptonshire

Yesterday, we marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day across Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals. This is a day to mark the end of WW2 across Europe....

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Northamptonshire will be testing emergency planning between 12 and 14 May

Public bodies across Northamptonshire, including police, fire and rescue service, ambulance service, unitary councils, integrated care board and NHS partners, will be working together in May 2025 to t...

Kate Brintworth, Chief Midwifery Officer for England and Professor Donald Peebles meet the Antenatal Screening Team at Northampton General Hospital
Great work of Northants midwives spotlighted at major conference

The amazing ways local midwives support women, babies and their families, was showcased at a conference held to celebrate the International Day of the Midwife today....

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KGH midwives share a special bond

It’s not often that we learn a colleague was at our birth. But that’s what happened to a colleague at Kettering General Hospital. Heidi is a sister in Rockingham wing outpatient’s d...

Nadia Tobierre Dementia Nurse, promoting Dementia Awareness Open Day Monday 13 May
KGH to hold a Dementia Awareness Open Day on Tuesday 20 May

The aim of the day is to show local people, those living with dementia and their families the support available at our hospital and how to access support from a range of local organisations....

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Eye team at KGH shortlisted for national award

 A Kettering General Hospital eye team have been shortlisted for a national diabetes excellence award for the service they provide at a new one-stop ophthalmology suite. ...

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UHN launch new Focal Therapy Service for prostate cancer

The University Hospitals of Northamptonshire is setting up the first NHS Focal Therapy Service for the Midlands and will start by delivering a pioneering new soundwave treatment for prostate cancer.&n...

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Plan to improve county mortuary services explained

The University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) are working with West Northamptonshire Council to deliver better mortuary facilities for bereaved families in Northamptonshire. ...