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Dragons Den on February 6 2020 results

Macmillan Cancer Support and Kettering General Hospital (KGH) are working together to create a new Macmillan Cancer Support Centre for people living with cancer, their relatives and carers.

The centre – the first in North Northamptonshire - will be based in a courtyard garden area close to main reception at the main KGH site.

Kettering General Hospital has signed an NHS pledge to dramatically reduce plastic waste such as single-use cups, cutlery and food pots.

On Friday, January 31, the hospital’s Trust Board, signed up to NHS England’s NHS Single Use Plastic Reduction Campaign. https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/survey/dee161d9/

Families have rated Kettering General Hospital’s maternity care highly in the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Maternity Survey 2019 out today (January 28, 2020)

Yesterday evening (January 27th) our Chief Executive, Simon Weldon and Chair of the Charitable Funds Committee, Janet Gray celebrated the official launch of with our hospital radio with our amazing volunteers who have made this happen.

Patients will benefit from an innovative Dragon’s Den event at Kettering General Hospital where staff will compete to win a share of £100,000

The hospital has worked closely with top local business leaders and entrepreneurs to put on the event on Thursday, February 6, 2020 – which will closely mirror the popular BBC 2 programme.

The last time the Trust did the event – in October 2018 – six innovative ideas were put into practice including the hospital’s patient buggy service which delivers less able patients from our car parks to the main hospital building. This was launched in July 2019 and has now made more than 4,000 journeys.

Kettering General Hospital has received a nationally recognised accreditation for high standards in the way it works to protect children and adults from abuse and neglect.

It is the first NHS Trust in the country to receive the prestigious Leaders in Safeguarding Quality Mark for its safeguarding arrangements.

Leaders in Safeguarding – a national expert organisation – sent its consultants to conduct a thorough audit of the safeguarding arrangements at the hospital and they found it met their standards.

Kettering General Hospital has been ranked the second best in the UK for the way it delivers obstetric and gynaecology training to junior doctors.

The ranking comes from the Specialty Education Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists which every year collects data on junior doctor training through special forms.

The forms ask junior doctors a wide variety of questions relating to the field which includes their training in areas such as pregnancy, childbirth, the health of the female reproductive system and the use of ultrasound.

Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General Hospital are moving towards a group management model to strengthen health services in Northamptonshire. This will include the appointment of a group Chief Executive Officer.