About Us
Kettering General Hospital provides acute healthcare services for the people of North Northamptonshire and South Leicestershire.
Our services are delivered from our main hospital site in Kettering, and satellite outpatient facilities at Prospect House in Kettering, Nene Park in Irthlingborough, Corby Health Complex and Isebrook Hospital in Wellingborough.
We employ around 4,000 staff and are one of the largest employers in Northamptonshire.
Basic facts and figures
We are a busy Hospital site and see:
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255 patients per day in A&E;
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310,000 outpatients each year;
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About 41,500 inpatients;
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About 43,500 day case patients;
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Approx 3,500 births.
How we are governed
Kettering General Hospital became a Foundation Trust in 2008 and is led by a Board of Directors comprising a Non-Executive Chairman, Chief Executive, 8 Executive Directors, and 8 Non-Executive Directors.
The Board is accountable to the Council of Governors that is made up of elected and nominated representatives of the population we serve. The Board meets in public every two months.
For further information about Board members, dates of future Trust Board meetings and minutes of previous public meetings can be found on the Board of Directors and Board Meeting page.
As a Foundation Trust we are required to submit an Annual Report and Statement of Accounts, and Quality Account to parliament each year.
The Board have agreed our short to medium term Strategic Objectives for the Trust in conjunction with our staff, governors and patient representatives that support the delivery of our Our Vision and Values.
The powers and duties of the Board of Directors and Council of Governors are set out in the Trust’s Constitution and it's annex Model Election Rules and Significant Transactions Procedure.
How our Services are organised
Our services are grouped into three Divisions; Family Health.Medicine and Surgery.
Each Division is led by a Chief of Service, Divisional Director and Divisional Head of Nursing, this is to ensure that clinical leadership is central to the organisation.
The chart below shows which services are included within each division and key clinical and managerial personnel. We have also included our Corporate Services as a fourth division for completeness.
How we fit into the NHS structure
We are an acute trust. We provide acute care in a hospital setting, including inpatient and outpatient treatment, accident and emergency (A&E) facilities and specialist services.
The Trust is commissioned to provide a wide range of services to the local population. Our local commissioners are Integrated Care Northamptonshire who commission services for the whole of the County.
We are also commissioned to deliver some specialist acute services by NHS England Specialised Commissioning.
The details of the services we are commissioned to provide can be found in at the bottom of this page.
Partnership working
We contract with other NHS and non-NHS organisations to purchase services to support our patients - for example community services to support acute outpatient clinics.
We are also commissioned to deliver specific services to local or national organisations.
Details of the services we purchase from other organisations and those we directly provide to others can be found below.
Integrated Care Northamptonshire Commissioned Services
We provide a wide range of services to the local population. The following is a list of services commissioned by Integrated Care Northamptonshire:
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Accident & Emergency
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Cancer
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Cardiology
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Diabetic Eye Screening
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Direct Access Echo
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Fetal anomaly scan
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Infection disease in pregnancy
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Maternity
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Newborn & Infant Physical Examination Screening
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Newborn blood spot screening
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Newborn hearing screening
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Non-Obstetric Ultrasound
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Orthopaedics
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Paediatric Diabetes
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Rheumatology
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Screening for Downs, Edwards & Patau Syndrome
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Sicklecell and Thalassaemia Screening
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TIA
Specialised Commissioning
We are commissioned to provide the following specialised services by NHS England
NHS England Specialised Commissioning
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Cardiology ICD and CRT
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Cardiology Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
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Cardiology Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI)
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Neonatal Critical Care
NHS England Specialised Dental
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Oral Surgery & orthodontics
Services provided to other local or national organisations
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A Teaching Pharmacist provides academic leadership and teaching in the area of clinical pharmacy |
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Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Alliance’s |
Provision of consultant support to outpatient clinics at Market Harborough |
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We provide a range of clinical services and medical staffing |
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We provide a range of diagnostic services as well as accommodation for NHFT services based onsite at KGH |
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Ramsay Healthcare |
Provision of a range of clinical and diagnostic services to the Woodlands Hospital in Kettering |
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We provide a range of clinical services
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Provision of an Occupational Health & Library Service for Nursing Students on placement at KGH |
Services Purchased from other NHS and non-NHS organisations
Services KGH commissions from other local or national providers
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Providing some reporting of radiological images taken |
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Age UK |
Provision of practical and emotional support to older people in emergency care, main ward blocks and Discharge Lounge |
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Community Dermatology
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Community clinics supported by GPwSI (GP with specialist interest) in Dermatology and held within local GP practices |
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Healthcare at Home (CARE at Home Service) |
Providing individualised care to patients in their own home who are clinically stable to have care delivered in a less acute setting |
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NGH provide a range of clinical services and clinical information & advice services |
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NHFT provide a range of clinical services to our wards and outpatient clinics |
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Ramsay Healthcare |
Woodlands Hospital provide a range of clinical services to KGH which can be ‘spot’ purchased as and when required |
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Skylark Partnership |
Access to education for children admitted onto our Skylark ward |
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Thomas Fund |
A weekly music therapy session for children on our Skylark ward |
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UHL provide a range of clinical services and medical |