News

Good news for our patients with a literary bent as our Volunteering team have relaunched their book trolley. Staffed by volunteers, they visit our in-patients to offer them a book to read, or the option of taking an entertaining activity pack. The activity pack contains sudoku puzzles, crosswords and colouring pages.

Kettering General Hospital has set up a £250,000 state-of-the-art one-stop ophthalmology suite for patients who need injections in the eye.

The new suite will benefit about 1,400 patients a year who need injections in the eye to combat conditions that affect vision and can lead to blindness.

A healthcare assistant has won a Kettering General Hospital ROSE Award for the way she supported a patient with an infection receiving palliative care.

  Hannah Medlicott, who works in gynaecology, went above and beyond to support both the patient and her family.

Health leaders are urging local people not to attend A&E or other healthcare settings – or visit relatives in hospitals – if they have, or have very recently had, the Winter vomiting and diarrhoea bug norovirus.

Kettering General Hospital has won a national award for the way it has worked with a partner and used technology to become more efficient at managing its facilities and estates.

It has won the best Facilities Management Partnership Award in the  FM and Property Awards 2024 .

Two midwives and a nurse from Kettering General Hospital have received DAISY Awards to mark their outstanding contributions to patient care.

The security team that provides around-the-clock support for staff at Kettering General Hospital has received a highly commended position in a national award. 

We now have a Veterans Aware plaque in our main reception area at Kettering General Hospital. Earlier this year, the Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA) accredited KGH as a Veterans Aware organisation.