Department and ward telephone numbers including opening and visiting times

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You can find printable version of maps including, a road map helping you to find your way to Kettering General Hospital (KGH). Ward and department locator maps within KGH.

Visiting hours vary on each ward. Please contact the ward your relative is on to ask about their visiting times.

Emergency Department (A&E)

Opening hours:
24 hours 7 days a week
Telephone number:
Reception 01536 492345
Minor injuries 01536 491291

Antenatal and Newborn Screening

Telephone numbers:

01536 492917
01536 493729

Appointment Centre and Choose and Book queries

Telephone number:
01536 493300

Ashton Ward (Treatment Centre)

Telephone numbers:
01536 492764 (Mon-Fri office hours)
01536 493239
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Barnwell C Ward

Telephone number:
01536 492795
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 4.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Bereavement Service

Opening hours:           

Monday to Friday excluding Bank Holidays

Telephone number:

01536 493181
Telephone voice messaging service available

Email:

 
The Bereavement Service aim to acknowledge all emails and telephone calls within 3 working days, however during busier times this may take a little longer.

Blood Taking (Phlebotomy)

To find out how to book your Blood taking appointment

Bowel Cancer Screening Unit

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 6.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 491354
01536 491355

Breast Service

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm excluding bank holidays.
Telephone numbers:
Administration and appointments 01536 491334 Monday to Friday 9.00am to 4.00pm excluding bank holidays; a voicemail can be left. 
Breast Care Nurses 01536 492532 Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm excluding bank holidays; a voicemail can be left. 
Breast Screening (Mammography) opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm
Breast Screening (Mammography) appointment telephone number:
01536 491318

Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Service

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm
Telephone numbers:
Chanelle Smart can be contacted between these hours on 07813363708
Sruthi Nair can be contacted between these hours on 07976984177
Email:

Car Parking Office

Opening hours:
Open 24 hours per day 7 days per week 
Closed Christmas Day
Telephone number:
01536 524995

The Car Parking Office is located in Car Park A.  It can be found adjacent to the exit. 

Cardiac Centre Reception

Opening hours:
8.00am to 7.00pm, Monday to Friday. 
Telephone number:
01536 491344

Cardiac Investigations

Opening hours:
8.00am to 6.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 492485

Centenary Wing and CSSTU

Opening hours:
8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.
Telephone numbers:

Available 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays. A voicemail can be left.

Reception: 01536 493631
Treatment Area Centenary Wing: 01536 493638
Chemotherapy Services Supportive Treatment Unit (CSSTU): 01536 492788
Other services:

Single Point of Access for District Nurses: 0300 777 0002

Oncology Secretary via Northampton General Hospital Switchboard: 01604 634700 please ask for Oncology Secretary

Emergency Assessment Bay at Northampton General Hospital: 01604 545851

Spiritual and Pastoral Care Service (Chaplaincy)

Office opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm
Sunday 8.30am to 1.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 492609
Email:

Chest Pain Assessment Unit

Telephone numers:
01536 491177

Chronic Pain Management Service

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm
Telephone numbers:
Nurses Office: 01536 491588                       
Secretary's Office: 01536 491401
Reception Office: 01536 491402
Waiting List Office: 01536 492403

Corby Outpatients (Nuffield Diagnostic Centre)

Opening hours:
8.30am to 5.30pm 
Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays
Reception telephone number:
03000 274848
 
Please note blood tests cannot be booked by calling this number. Find out more about booking a blood test.

Corby Urgent Care Centre NN17 2UR

Opening hours:
Monday to Sunday 8.00am to 8.00pm
More information on the service provided by One Medicare Group can be found on their website.

Clifford Ward (Medical Short Stay Unit)

Telephone numbers:
01536 491503
01536 491502
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Coronary Care Unit (CCU)

Telephone numbers:
01536 492761
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 4.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Cranford Ward (General Medical)

Telephone number:
01536 492271
01536 492273
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

CT Appointments

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 493727

Deene Acute Surgical Unit (DASU)

Telephone numbers:
01536 492791
01536 493569
Patient and relative number:
07971875758
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 4.30pm and 5.30pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Deene B Ward (Emergency Surgical)

Telephone numbers:
01536 492780 
01536 492786
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Dermatology Department

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 492600

Diabetes Centre

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Telephone numbers:
Reception: 01536 492207,  Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm excluding bank holidays
Diabetes Nurses: 01536 492121, 8.00am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.
Diabetes and Endocrine Medicine Secretaries: 01536 492657 and 01536 492124, 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.

Digestive Diseases Unit (DDU)

Telephone numbers:
01536 492729
01536 492763
01536 492782
01536 493198
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors
Location:
2nd floor, main ward block.

Discharge Lounge

Opening hours:
The Discharge Lounge based in Sir Thomas Moore ward in Car Park A, it is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Telephone numbers:

01536 491219

01536 491278

Ears Nose and Throat (ENT)

Outpatients Clinic KGH
Opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm, closed between 1.00pm and 1.30pm.
Telephone number:
01536 492100, closed between 1.00pm and 1.30pm.
Adhoc Clinic KGH
Opening times:
Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm, closed between 1.00pm and 1.30pm.
Telephone number:
01536 491714, closed between 1.00pm and 1.30pm.

Emergency Department (A&E)

Telephone numbers:
01536 492345 (Reception)
01536 491291 (Minor injuries)
 
 

Endoscopy

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 6.00pm
Telephone number:
Reception: 01536 492162, 8.00am to 6.30pm
Endoscopy waiting list:
01536 492602, 8am to 6pm Monday to Thursday and 8am to 5.30pm on Friday, excluding bank holidays.

Eye (Ophthalmology) Department

Opening times:

Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.00pm
Weekdays closed for lunch between 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Saturday and Sunday 8.00am to 1.00pm
Bank Holidays 8.00am to 1.00pm 
Telephone number:
01536 492105

Fotheringhay (Gynaecology)

Telephone number:
01536 492911
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 4.00pm and 7.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors
Location:
4th floor of the main hospital building.

Fotheringhay Outpatients Clinics

Opening times
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 493868
Location:

Ground floor, Warren Hill House

Fracture Clinic (new referral appointments)

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 491553

Frank Radcliffe Clinic

Reception opening times:
Monday – Friday 8.30am – 4.45pm
Telephone number:
01536 492445

Geddington Ward (Short Stay Surgical)

Telephone number:
01536 491313
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 8.00 with a maximum of 2 visitors

Harrowden A Ward

Telephone number:
01536 492814  
01536 492816
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Harrowden C Ward

Telephone numbers:
01536 491487
01536 491287
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

HC Pretty A Ward (Trauma and Orthopedic)

Telephone number:
01536 492431
01536 491389
01536 492213
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 4.00pm and 5.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

HC Pretty B Ward (Trauma and Orthopedic)

Telephone numbers:
01536 492433 
01536 492218
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 4.00pm and 5.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Home Oxygen Service

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm, excluding bank holidays.
Telephone number:
01536 491202, 7.30am to 4.00pm, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, excluding bank holidays.
Email:

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / High Dependency Unit (HDU)

Telephone number:
01536 492760
01536 492824
 
ICU Annex
01536 493264
01536 492442
 
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 7.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Isebrook Hospital (Wellingborough)

Reception opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Reception telephone number:
0300 027 2700

Please note blood tests cannot be booked by calling this number.  Find out more about booking a blood test.

Labour Ward

1 birth partner of patient's choice only.
No visiting to Post and Antenatal wards.
Telephone numbers:
01536 492879
01536 492878

Lamport Ward (Male care of the elderly)

Telephone number:
01536 492241
Visiting times are:
12.00pm to 8.00pm. A maximum of 2 visitors. 
Mealtimes are 12.00pm to 1.00pm and 4.00pm to 5.00pm. 

Learning Disability and Autism Service

Opening times Opening times:
Tuesday to Friday 9.00am to 17.00pm
Telephone Number Telephone number:
 01536 491241
 
 If no one is available to answer the phone, please leave a message; the answerphone is checked regularly during working hours and one of our team will come back to you at the first opportunity.
 
Ask for helpIf you require help and advice, please ask the ward staff to contact us or contact us directly.

Lilford Ward (Haematology)

Telephone number:
01536 492834
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 5.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Macmillan Information and Support Centre at Kettering General Hospital

Contact details:

Telephone:  01536 493888 

Opening hours:

Monday to Friday 9am and 4pm (except bank holidays).

How to find us:

The Macmillan Information and Support Centre is located on the ground floor of the Main Hospital Block, area D, on the corridor opposite Costa.
 

Main Outpatients (Kettering General Hospital)

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 493399

Maple Ward (Maternity Ward)

Telephone numbers:
01536 492907
01536 492963 (postnatal)
01536 492914 (antenatal)
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 4.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Maternity Helpline

Please call 01536 492848,  if you have any questions or concerns with your pregnancy; if you are worried your baby’s movements have reduced or you think you are in labour. 

Open 24 hours a day 7 days week.

Maxillofacial & Orthodontic Unit

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays) 8.30am to 5.00pm
Closed for lunch between 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Telephone number:
01536 492360
Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays) 9.00am to 4.30pm
Closed for lunch between 12.30pm to 1.30pm

Medical Examiner's Office

Opening hours
Monday to Friday excluding Bank Holidays
Monday 9.00am to 4.30pm, Tuesday to Friday 9.00am to 3pm
Telephone number:
01536 493627
01536 491541
01536 493575
Email:

Medical Same Day Emergency Care (MSDEC)

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 10.00pm 
Saturday and Sunday 8.00am to 8.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 492342
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 4.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Middleton Assessment Unit (MAU)

Telephone number:
01536 492032
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Midwifery Teams

Wellingborough and East Northants Midwifery Team
(Wellingborough, Earls Barton, Wollaston, Bozeat, Rushden, Thrapston, Raunds, Higham Ferrers, Irthlingborough)
 
Telephone: 03000 272255
Between 9am and 12pm (midday), Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.
Kettering Midwifery Team
(Kettering, Finedon, Burton Latimer, Mawsley, Desborough, Rothwell)
 
Telephone: 01536 492889
Between 9am and 12pm (midday), Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.
Corby Midwifery Team
(Corby, Oundle, Market Harborough)
 
Telephone: 01536 494101
Between 9am and 12pm (midday), Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.

MRI Outpatients

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 493381

Naseby A Ward (Female)

Telephone numbers:
01536 492040 
01536 491248
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 6.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Naseby B Ward (Male)

Telephone numbers:
01536 492041 
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 6.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Nene Park (Irthlingborough)

Outpatients clinic opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Main reception telephone number:
01536 491907

Please note blood tests cannot be booked by calling this number. 

Find out more about booking a blood test.

Nephrology (Kidney)

Telephone number:
01536 493675 - Please leave message and one of the team will return your call

Neurology (Nervous System)

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm, excluding bank holidays.
Telephone number:
01536 493387
Phone lines open between 9.00am to 12.00 noon.  If we are unable to take your call, please leave a voicemail message and we will respond as soon as possible.

You can also contact us by email kgh-tr.neurology@nhs.net  we will acknowledge the enquiry within a 48 working hours. 

Oakley Ward (step down ward for the Coronary Care Unit)

Telephone number:
01536 492761
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 4.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Outpatients

Reception Opening times:
8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays. 
Telephone number:
01536 492869
9.00am to 3.45pm Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.

Located in Rockingham Wing.

Paediatric (Children's) Assessment Unit (PAU)

Visiting times:
Open 24 hours, one parent/guardian only.
Strictly no siblings.
Telephone numbers:
01536 492549
01536 491520
01536 492550

Palliative Care Team

Opening times:
 Monday to Sunday 8:30am to 4.30pm
Telephone number:
01536 492565

Car Parking Office

Opening hours:
Open 24 hours per day 7 days per week 
Closed Christmas Day
Telephone number:
01536 524995

The Car Parking Office is located in Car Park A.  It can be found adjacent to the exit. 

Patient Advice Liaison Service (PALS)

Office Opening times:
Monday to Friday 9.30am to 3.30pm, excluding bank holidays (office and phone lines closed between 12 - 1.30pm).
Telephone number:
01536 493305
01536 493306
If we are unable to take your call, please leave a voicemail and we will respond as soon as possible
Email: kgh-tr.pals@nhs.net
Location:

In the main ward block, opposite Clifford ward.

On occasions, we may have to shut the office during this time to ensure patient confidentiality.

Pharmacy

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.30pm
Saturday 9.00am to12.30pm
Telephone number:
01536 493540

Physiotherapy

Outpatients opening times:

Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.30pm

Telephone number:

01536 492391

Patient Contact Centre (to change an appointment) opening times:

Monday to Thursday 8.00am to 6.00pm
Friday 8.00am to 5.00pm
Telephone number:
03305 556789

Pleural Service

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm
Telephone number:
07813 363703

Poplar Ward

Telephone number:
01536 492913
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 4.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors
Location:
Upper Ashton, 1st floor of the Treatment Centre

Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Service

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm
Telephone numbers:
Chanelle Smart can be contacted between these hours on 07813363708
Sruthi Nair can be contacted between these hours on 07976984177
Email:

Pre-operative Assessment Department

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Telephone number:
01536 493744

Radiology (includes CT, MRI, X-Ray and Ultrasound)

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 492494

Respiratory

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm
Telephone numbers:
Respiratory Investigations: 01536 492819 9.00am to 1.00pm, Monday to Friday excluding Bank Holidays.
Medical Secretaries: 01536 492243, 01536 492805, 01536 492246, 01536 492231 and 01536 492511. A voicemail can be left. 

Rheumatology

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm
Office hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm
Tuesday 8.30am to 12noon
Telephone number:
01536 492392
Rheumatology Nurses Helpline: 
01536 462398, 9.30am to 11.30am, Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.  A voicemail can be left outside of these hours.
Secretaries:
Answer Machine, messages will be returned at the earliest opportunity.

 

ROCKET Team

Telephone number:
01536 493558, 7.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.
 
Email Address:

Maple Ward (Maternity Ward)

Telephone numbers:
01536 492907
01536 492963 (postnatal)
01536 492914 (antenatal)
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 4.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Rushden Outpatients Phlebotomy (Blood Taking)

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 12noon
Telephone number:
01933 235400

Medical Same Day Emergency Care (MSDEC)

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 10.00pm 
Saturday and Sunday 8.00am to 8.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 492342
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 4.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Short Stay Unit (SSU)

Telephone numbers:
01536 492442 
01536 493264
Visiting times are:
2.00pm to 8.00pm with a maximum of 2 visitors

Skylark (Paediatrics/Children's) Ward

Telephone numbers:
01536 492291
Visiting times are:
Open visiting for parents and guardians is 24 hours a day 7 days a week
One parent can stay overnight
Visiting for siblings and relatives 1.00pm to 7.00pm
Maximum 2 visitors per bed space at any one time

Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU)

Telephone number:
01536 492882
Visiting times:
Parents only

Spencer Ward (day case unit for eye procedures)

Opening hours:
7.30am to 8.00pm
Telephone numbers:
01536 492153 
01536 493538

Spinneyfield Specialist Care Centre

Visiting times are:
8.00am to 8.00pm
Visiting outside these hours can be made, with prior arrangement
Telephone number:
07966800646
8.00am to 8.00pm

Spiritual and Pastoral Care Service (Chaplaincy)

Office opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm
Sunday 8.30am to 1.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 492609
Email:

Stroke (TIA) HOT Clinic

Booking office opening hours:
8.15am to 2.15pm, Monday to Thursday excluding bank holidays.
Telephone number:
Reception: 01536 491470, 8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.
Answer machine messages will be returned at the earliest opportunity.

Surgical Day Case Unit

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 7.00am to 9.00pm
Telephone times:
01536 493747
01536 493680

Switchboard

Opening times:
24 hours a day 7 days a week
Telephone number:
01536 492000

Treatment Centre (Day Case Unit)

Reception Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.00am to 5.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 493744
Day Case Unit Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 7.00am to 4.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 491328

Twywell Ward (Female care of the elderly)

Telephone number:
01536 492251
Visiting times are:
12.00pm to 8.00pm. A maximum of 2 visitors. 
Mealtimes are 12.00pm to 1.00pm and 4.00pm to 5.00pm. 

Ultrasound

General Ultrasound opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 492480
Maternity Ultrasound opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Telephone number:
01536 492481
Vascular Ultrasound opening times:
Monday to Friday 9.00am to 4.30pm 
Telephone number:
01536 493641

Urology

Telephone numbers:

Urology Unit Reception Treatment Centre: 01536 493611 and 01536 494102

Between 8am and 5pm; Between 8.30am and 4pm; Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.

Urology Oncology Nursing team: 01536 493587

Between 8.30am and 4pm; Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.  A voicemail can be left outside of these hours.

Urology Nurse Practitioners: 01536 491119

Between 8am and 4pm; Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.  A voicemail can be left outside of these hours.

Email:

X-Ray

Opening times:
Monday to Friday 8.30pm to 5.00pm
Telephone numbers:
01536 492494