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With immediate effect visiting arrangements on our adult inpatient wards are now returning to our pre-Christmas visiting arrangements which is one visitor for an hour per day.

From tomorrow (Thursday 29 December 2022) both Northampton and Kettering General Hospitals are suspending visiting for adult inpatient wards and are asking patients and any visitors to the hospital to wear a mask, due to a significant increase in COVID, flu, RSV infections.

Work by information governance experts at Northampton and Kettering General Hospital has been rated as some of the best in the country in a national awards scheme.

A county stroke team has won a top national prize for the way it has involved patients in shaping future care.

 

The Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team has won the UK Stroke Forum’s Patient, Carer and Public Involvement Prize.

Regardless of any strike action taking place, it is really important that people who need urgent medical care continue to come forward, especially in emergency and life-threatening cases - when someone is seriously ill or injured, or their life is at risk.  

You may notice activity in our services today involving KGH staff who are taking part in national industrial action. There should be minimal disruption to traffic but please take care when driving at KGH sites.

An incredible home-made ball gown astonished members of a prostate cancer support group when they realised it was made entirely of their own ties!

 

Members of Kettering and District Prostate Cancer Support Group had no idea what their ties were going to be used for when they responded to a request to donate them.