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Kettering General Hospital is now delivering a state-of-the-art new treatment for some patients with benign prostate enlargement.

The treatments is called UroLift™ and involves a 15-20 minute procedure under local anaesthetic that helps permanently widen the urethra – helping resolve symptoms of the common condition which affects many men over 50.

By opening the urethra – using a number of tiny implants – it helps reduce symptoms such as a frequent need to urinate, difficulty in starting urination, reduced flow, and urinary retention.

A midwife and a doctor at Kettering General Hospital have been nominated for two bereavement awards by grateful families.

Carolyn Rowbotham has been shortlisted to the finals of the Bereavement Midwife of the Year Award by the Mariposa Trust - a national charity working with baby loss and bereavement.

And Obstetrics and Gynaecology Consultant Mrs Kirsty Adcock is shortlisted for Obstetrics and Gynaecology Doctor of the Year.

A CQC inspection of maternity services at Kettering General Hospital’s found hard working teams focussed on the needs of families and improving the care they receive, but says services require further improvements in a report published today (March 7, 2024).

The inspection took place in October 2023 as part of the national programme which inspects all hospitals providing maternity services.

Following the inspection the service was rated requires improvement overall, 

A memorial garden was opened on February 26 at Kettering General Hospital as a tribute to its longest-ever serving employee.

Much-loved groundskeeper and gardener Ralph Howe MBE died on June 13 last year (2023) aged 81 after working at the hospital for 64 years of continuous service.

Tributes poured in for Ralph who, over the years, was known to thousands of staff and patients as an enthusiastic, warm, and friendly man who worked in all weathers to keep the hospital’s 33-acre site in excellent condition.