From Monday 17 March Car Park D outside the Treatment Centre will be closed temporarily

While Car Park D is closed:-

  • The assisted parking bays on the road up to the Treatment Centre, Zone G, will be inaccessible
  • Patients will still be able to be dropped off/collected outside the Treatment Centre and at the entrance/exit of Zone C by Pathology Traffic marshals will be on duty during the day to assist drivers
  • Visitor parking spaces will not be reduced; however, some will be relocated to Car Park F
  • Staff parking will be redirected to other locations on-site.

During this time, traffic diversions will be in place and a system of two-way traffic will be in operation, where previously this was one way traffic. The road up to Pathology and behind the stores will be managed by traffic wardens during normal working hours to assist drivers and help ease the flow of traffic for visitors, staff and delivery vehicles. We understand this may cause some inconvenience, and we greatly appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue with our efforts to improve Kettering General Hospital’s infrastructure. This work is a key step in our commitment to Building a Better KGH.

We are committed to transforming our site to provide outstanding facilities for both visitors and colleagues. The first step in this journey is the construction of a new Energy Centre, which will play a crucial role in helping the hospital achieve its goal of reaching net carbon zero by 2040.

Work on the new Energy Centre is set to began in early September 2024. These works will be located at the bottom of the hospital site and requires Car Park D to be closed while it is dug up to accommodate essential utility pipe relocation. Anticipated works will last for eight weeks.  As a result, we will be closing and moving some visitor and staff parking spaces to alternative car parks.

While these necessary changes and construction works may lead to increased traffic within the hospital grounds, we are working hard to minimise disruption and ensure that patient and visitor parking remains unaffected.

We appreciate your patience and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience these essential works may cause.  Thank you for your understanding.

Geddington Ward

Geddington Ward photos
 
Geddington Ward is located in the Treatment Centre and is a short stay surgical ward and our patients usually staying with us between 24 -72 hours.
 
Geddington Ward is a 24 bedded unit. There are 15 side rooms each with their own bathroom and 3 bays consisting of 3 beds and a shared bathroom. Geddington Ward takes both emergency and elective/planned admissions.
 
Geddington ward treats primarily short stay patients from General Surgery, Colorectal, Urology, Orthopaedics, Breast, Dental, Endocrine and Ears Nose and Throat.
 
Please feel free to contact us we are always willing to listen to your queries, issues, to pass on suggestions or to complement our ward and staff.
 

Our Team

Gedddington Team photo

  • Natalie Reynolds - Matron
  • Anna Patrick - Ward Sister
  • Melanie Moore - Elective Nurse Practitioner (The Elective Nurse Practitioner role is to support the above teams and to ensure safe patient care/flow from admission to discharge)
  • Surgical Nurse Practitioner – Kim Wakley (The Surgical Nurse Practitioner role is primarily for colorectal inpatients but also offers support to the Elective Nurse Practitioner and teams when needed)

What do you need to bring with you

If you are attending for a planned procedure please bring with you a supply of day and night wear including slippers. We try to encourage our patients to spend time out of bed during the day wearing day clothes where possible and safe to do so. Please also bring a supply of toiletries – although a small selection is available from the hospital shop. Please do not bring valuables and large amounts of money into hospital with you as the Trust cannot accept responsibility if these personal items get lost or damaged.

Please ensure you bring your regular medications with you or at least a current list with doses and times when these are taken.
 
You are very welcome to bring mobile phones, Kindles, laptops etc, but be mindful that if you are in a bay to be courteous with volume on these devices.
 

Information for visitors

For infection control we cannot accept fresh plants or flowers on the ward.
We cannot heat up food brought in from home.
We do not provide drinks or food to relatives unless in exceptional circumstances.
We do not have a laundry service so we appreciate dirty laundry being taken home and clean clothes returned.