Kettering General Hospital Membership Events
Free regular Governor-led vitual Membership events Your Health Matters are sessions for Foundation Trust members and non-members alike.
We will be planning events for 2025, if you have a suggestion for a health topic you would like to attend, please contact Governor and Member Lead, sue.broome@nhs.net.
Help with being happy thanks to KGH Governors
A chance to learn hints and tips about managing your emotional and mental wellbeing will be available at an event arranged by Kettering General Hospital’s Public Governors.
The event, called ‘Your Beautiful Mind’, is on Thursday, February 16, from 4-5pm on Microsoft Teams and anyone who is interested – wherever they may live in the county - can attend by registering at: https://buytickets.at/ketteringgeneralhospital/841880
It is part of the series of events being organised by Governors called Your Health Matters that aim to help demystify common health conditions and provide practical help.
The event will help people to develop ways of managing their emotions and wellbeing, providing people with practical tips on dealing with today’s worries and winter blues.
The event speakers are from the Northamptonshire group, Action for Happiness - a global movement with a mission to create a kinder, happier world. Backed by scientific research, Action for Happiness can show people some simple ways to increase happiness.
The event will be delivered by Rachel Travers, Action for Happiness Co-ordinator, and Chris Davison, Lead Governor, and Public Governor for Kettering & Corby for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Chris is an Action for Happiness Champion and one of the founding members of the Action for Happiness Northamptonshire Hub.
This event will be introduced by Happiness champion and KGH Deputy Governor, Mabel Blades. Mabel, a trained dietician, will also be able to help you understand how food can affect your mood, so tune in and ask questions.
Rachel said: “We look forward to sharing with you some simple ideas that can transform your wellbeing and explaining some ways that you can share this approach with others, to make a positive impact on the people around you. In these challenging times, we all need to support each other.”
To take part you can also email KGH’s governor and member lead, sue.broome@nhs.net. People can submit a specific question beforehand and some questions will also be taken at the event depending on time.
Watch recordings of past events
Managing Chronic Pain
Sister Lyn Johnson and colleagues from Kettering General Hospital’s Pain Management clinic discuss ways in which anyone suffering from chronic pain can explore techniques for managing pain which might include a range of additional therapies instead of medication.
Sister Lyn Johnson comments: “The event recording is designed to help people understand the different types of support and treatment available to help them manage their condition on a day-to-day basis.
Whether that is learning to re-programme their body, injections, medications and holistic therapies, such as, acupuncture, TENS and external Pain Education sessions.
There is often something that can help people. It’s not a quick fix but you are not alone”.
How you can prepare yourself for surgery
Amanda Chapman a Deputy Sister for Pre-operative Assessment at KGH talks about how you can prepare yourself for surgery.
Having an operation or procedure can be worrying and we are looking for ways to ensure the process is made easier and less frightening for you, your family, friends and carers.
There are practical steps you can undertake before surgery to ensure you are as well as can be before an operation or procedure such as undertaking exercise, maintaining a good diet, reducing weight if needed, and stopping smoking.
For any patients who are due to have sedation, or a local or general anaesthetic, for any procedure or operation, this event is your opportunity to hear how physically and mentally you can best prepare yourself to reduce anxiety and worry.
Dying Matters: let’s talk about it!’
A chance to learn more about death and dying with end-of-life experts. Aiming to help demystify common health conditions and difficult subjects whilst providing practical support.
The event is introduced by KGH Staff Governor, Jayne Chambers. Event speakers are Sarah Parry, Transformation Lead Nurse for Palliative & End of Life Care, and Dr Fiona Wiseman, Palliative Medicine Consultant. Helping you find the words to have an important conversation about wishes, what happens to make people comfortable and much more.
Skin deep: skin complaints or skin cancer
Skin deep – how to manage common skin complaints and avoid skin cancer. The event was designed to help identify problems and answer common skin complaint questions.
The event was introduced by KGH Staff Governor, Jayne Chambers. Event speaker, Dr Olivia Stevenson, Consultant Dermatologist and Skin Cancer lead, talks about the causes of and managing common skin complaints and avoiding skin cancer.
Your beautiful mind: tips on staying on top of your emotional and mental wellbeing
Designed to help you manage your emotional and mental wellbeing, providing you with practical tips on dealing with today’s worries and winter blues. This session will help you develop a Happiness ‘toolkit’ using an effective framework from national charity, Action For Happiness. Learn about the science of happiness and let us show you how you can develop positive strategies to safeguard your wellbeing.
Below the belt: do you regularly check all is ok?
The Below the belt event was held on 20 January 2023. Introduced by Lead Governor, Peter Woolliscroft and our speaker is Janine Cullen, Emergency Urology Nurse Practitioner.
Living with Long COVID
The Living with Long Covid event was held on 18 May 2022. Introduced by Deputy Lead Governor, Mabel Blades and our speakers were Rudo Chimera, Clinical Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist and Chloe Thorpe, Occupational Therapist.