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A group of students had the chance to get hands-on at Kettering General Hospital (KGH) recently, helping to create new habitats for wildlife as part of the development of our new Energy Centre.

We are proud to share that the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire has become the latest public sector organisation to sign the Northamptonshire Women's Charter.

A mother-of-two is reflecting this week (Organ Donation Week - September 21-27) on the incredible gift of life she received when a friend donated a kidney to her.

  In 2010 Susan Hare, from Kettering, had been on the organ donation transplant register for six years and was almost despairing.

  Progressive kidney failure meant she was on a dialysis machine for nine hours every night and felt constantly tired and freezing cold.

 Her friend Kate Oxford came to the rescue and donated one of her kidneys to her and now, 15 years later, the friends relive the drama during Organ Donation Week

An enhanced recovery team that supports colorectal patients at Kettering General Hospital has now been shortlisted for three national awards after delivering some of the shortest post-surgery patient stays in hospital in the country.

  The team have just been told they are in the finals of the HSJ Awards 2026 in both the Digitalising Patient Care and Driving Efficiency through Technology Award categories.

  It builds on their achievement in July of being shortlisted to the finals of the Nursing Times Awards 2026 in the Technology and Data in Nursing section.

Preparations are underway to celebrate national Organ Donation Week (September 21-28) including lighting up a church and hospital entrance, wearing pink socks, and hiding painted rocks for the public to find.

  The Organ and Tissue Donation Committees at Kettering and Northampton general hospitals have organised a series of events to support increased awareness of organ donation at a time when some consent to donation has fallen.

Members of the public, patients, volunteers, colleagues and stakeholders are invited to attend the Annual Public Meeting of University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) on Wednesday 23 September 2026.

We are delighted to announce that Adam Carson will be joining as our new CEO for University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) on 28 September. 

Members of the public, patients, volunteers, colleagues and stakeholders are invited to join University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) for our Annual Members' Meeting (AMM) and Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 23 September.

We recently welcomed a furry friend onto our Skylark ward. Dio a five-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and Poodle cross, also known as a Cavapoo. Dio is therapy dog and along with his owner Lisa, he's been visiting our children's ward as therapy dog.