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A man who has been battling bladder cancer for four years has donated a completion of treatment bell to the urology centre at Kettering General Hospital.

  And on Tuesday, February 3, Bill Clarke, 81, from Loddington, was the first patient to ring that bell as he completed his final chemotherapy treatment at the unit, based inside the hospital’s Treatment Centre.

  Bill, a retired service engineer and a great grandfather with three children and four grandchildren, and one great granddaughter, decided that having a bell to ring would be a good way to mark the end of his treatment.

Congratulations to our Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Centre which was opened three years ago in January 2022 by Earl Spencer.

The paediatric ward at Kettering General Hospital is hosting a community poster competition for children and teenagers to help highlight the dangers of vaping.

Kettering General Hospital is supporting research into the reasons why black men do not always come forward for prostate cancer testing.

Our research team is looking to contact black men and their families to find more about the stigma associated with prostate cancer, why this is the case, and what would change people’s minds.

The hospital is supporting phase 1 of the national study which aims to carry out interviews and surveys with volunteers to include black men with prostate cancer, their partners and immediate families, and black men over 40 without prostate cancer.

A pregnancy and baby road show is being hosted by Kettering General Hospital to help hundreds of parents-to-be to prepare for their big day and subsequently care for their baby.

  The event  on Thursday, January 15,  will provide a huge range of advice on all aspects of pregnancy and baby care.

  It is being held  at The Hall@KGH (the recreation hall next to car park B at the main KGH site) from 6pm-8pm.   Concessionary £1 car parking will be available.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) recently rolled out the red carpet for an evening of pride and inspiration at its 2025 annual Excellence Awards at the Mercure Hotel in Northampton. Sponsored by Smart Co Future Health, this glittering event celebrated the remarkable staff, volunteers, and fundraisers from Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

A University Hospitals of Northamptonshire surgeon has carried out a new operation  that marks the launch of a new county pouch service for some suitable complex inflammatory bowel disease patients. 

Please don’t visit relatives or friends in hospital – or use hospital emergency departments – if you have flu-like symptoms.

That’s the message from infection control experts at the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire as this season’s flu-bug starts to impact NHS services.

Emergency departments at Kettering and Northampton general hospitals are always open for people who have serious and life-threatening conditions, but flu is not usually one of them.

A volunteer who provides holistic therapies for people using the Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Centre at Kettering General Hospital has done well in a national award.

Joanne Smeathers is runner up in the national Macmillan Cancer Support’s ‘Thanks to You Awards 2025’ in the With Heart Award category.