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Kettering General Hospital’s bid for a £46m Urgent Care Hub for North Northamptonshire has been approved by the Government.

The announcement was made by Health Minister Edward Argar MP today (Wednesday October 23, 2019) in Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament.

He made the announcement in response to issues raised by Kettering MP Philip Hollobone in a debate on health and social care this morning.

Governor Election Results

The results of the Trust’s Elections to its Council of Governors have now been returned.

Elections were held between September 24 and October 17 with results returned on October 18, 2019.

The Elections were for seats to represent Kettering (1), Corby (3), Wellingborough (1), East Northamptonshire (1) and Rest of UK (1).

Contested seats were:

• Kettering Constituency – Elected – Gail Chapman.
• East Northamptonshire Constituency – Elected – Angela Mason

Kettering General Hospital’s case for an Urgent Care Hub – and for major investment in both the hospital and in Northamptonshire - was highlighted to a Government Health Minister on October 7, 2019.

Health Minister Edward Argar MP visited the hospital to see for himself some of the impact that aging NHS estate is having on patient care

A couple who lost one of their identical twin baby sons to flu are campaigning alongside KGH for people to be vaccinated to prevent such tragedies happening to others.

Northamptonshire has been cited as a prime example in a national campaign fighting for more capital investment for the NHS.

On Friday (August 30) the national organisation that represents hospital Trusts – NHS Providers – launched a campaign calling on the Government to address the challenge of NHS funding.

KGH is one of the campaign’s cases studies because of concerns that if North Northamptonshire does not attract significant capital investment urgent care patients could be at risk.

Kettering General Hospital is looking for local people to join its Organ Donation Committee ahead of some major national changes to organ donation.

During national Organ Donation Week (September 2-8) the Trust is actively searching for local supporters in advance of the major change which – from Spring 2020 – will mean that people over 18 will have to opt out of organ donation rather than opt in.

A team from Kettering General Hospital has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award for reducing unnecessarily long stays in hospital for patients.

The hospital’s Long Stay Wednesday Team has made it through into the finals of the HSJ Awards 2019 in the Acute or Specialist Service Redesign Initiative category.

Hundreds of NHS and social care organisations enter the awards each year and competition is fierce in all of the award categories.

In August 2018 KGH launched an initiative called Long Stay Wednesday where a team of key senior staff meet with ward teams and partner organisations each week (on a Wednesday) to concentrate on helping long-stay patients to leave hospital.