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Local people can attend KGH’s annual meeting online
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is holding its Annual Members’ Meeting online next month with an opportunity for local people to find out more about some of its work over the past year.
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Two KGH services in best practice NHS national reports
Kettering General Hospital has had two examples of the way it delivers great patient care accepted for use in national reports designed to spread best practice across the NHS.
The hospital’s case study examples have contributed to the national Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme designed to improve medical care within the NHS by reducing unwarranted variations.
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KGH has had a 30ft high ‘Tree of Hope’ mural painted in one of its atriums to symbolise the impact of, and recovery from, the Covid-19 pandemic
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Daughter who received her dad’s kidney joins KGH Organ and Tissue Donation Committee and supports national awareness week
A Northants woman whose life was transformed when her dad bravely donated a kidney to her is urging local people to support National Organ Donation Week this week (Monday September 20 - Sunday 26 September).
Kathryn Croker, 35, from Desborough, is asking local families to discuss organ donation and make their views known to one another after joining Kettering General Hospital’s Organ and Tissue Donation Committee in May 2021.
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KGH holding elections to appoint eight new Governors to help shape its future
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is holding elections to appoint eight new Governors to help shape its services and plan for the future.
The elections are in October and November 2021 and are for new seats on our Council of Governors created to reflect population growth and our new NHS Hospital Group model - launched in July.
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KGH launches new Group Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Strategy
Today we are proud to launch our new Group Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Strategy. Launched by Leanne Hackshall, Director of Nursing and Quality at KGH and Sheran Oke, Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Patient Services at NGH; the new strategy explains how this will signal the start of the future for these three professional groups. During the development of our strategy, it became apparent that our Nurses, Midwives and AHP’s had a clear vision to inspire a culture of providing only the best quality of care. From this, the acronym VoICE was born, (Vision of Inspiring Care Excellence).
Read KGH launches new Group Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Strategy…New outdoor gym at KGH thanks to Captain Sir Tom
Kettering General Hospital opened a new outdoor gym for staff on September 8, thanks to funds raised by Captain Sir Tom Moore and NHS Charities Together.
So far the Trust has received a total of £269,600 from NHS Charities Together supporting a variety of initiatives throughout the pandemic.
In addition to the 12-station outdoor gym – located in the hospital’s Pocket Park - these have included our “We Care” staff welfare programme which includes a free staff café, Open Office and Out of Office service
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KGH welcomes new recruit Aneesha Mathew
Welcome to our new recruit Aneesha Mathew – one of four quadruplet sisters who have all followed in their mum’s footsteps and joined the NHS.
Aneesha, 21, has just joined KGH as a physiotherapist and is already donning full PPE and working in intensive care supporting our patients.
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