Visiting arrangements for adult and children’s wards
From Friday 1st April 2022 both Northampton General and Kettering General Hospital’s will be partially lifting visiting restrictions for patients who do not have COVID-19.
Visiting rules from Friday 1st April:
- One visitor will be allowed to visit for one hour per day on open adult inpatient wards. Visits must be pre-booked with the ward in advance
- Anyone visiting the hospital must wear a face covering at all times unless they are exempt and must regularly wash or gel their hands
- Visiting on wards closed due to COVID-19 and visits to patients with COVID-19 are not permitted, unless there are exceptional circumstances
- Visiting will be at the discretion of the nurse in charge for wards with more vulnerable patients. This includes Talbot Butler and Finedon wards at NGH and Lilford ward at KGH
- Visiting in outpatient areas, Emergency Departments, urgent care and diagnostic appointments will be at the discretion of the nurse in charge
- Maternity and paediatric visiting remains open in line with national guidance
- Paediatric visiting remains as, one resident parent at a time. Parents can swap once during their stay
- For maternity visiting women can have one birth partner attend during their stay whilst in labour subject to testing. The post natal wards have set visiting times. Birth partners can attend all appointments relating to pregnancy including scans and throughout labour. Your birth partner can also attend the ward by appointment only.
A&E
Telephone numbers:
01536 492345 (Reception)
01536 491291 (Minor injuries)
Antenatal and Newborn Screening
Telephone numbers:
01536 492917
01536 493729
Ashton Ward (Treatment Centre)
Telephone numbers:
01536 492764 (Mon-Fri office hours) 01536 493239
Find out more about Ashton Ward
Barnwell B Ward (Trauma and Orthopedic)
Telephone number:
01536 491700
Barnwell C Ward (Trauma and Orthopedic)
Telephone number:
01536 492795
Cardiac Centre
Telephone numbers:
Reception: 01536 491344
Ward: 01536 491412 or 01536 491348
Find out more about the Cardiac Centre
Chest Pain Assessment Unit
Telephone numers:
01536 491177
Clifford Ward (Medical Short Stay Unit)
Telephone numbers:
01536 491503 or 01536 491502
Cranford Ward (General Medical)
Telephone number:
01536 492271 and 01536 492273
Find out more about Cranford Ward
Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
Telephone numbers:
01536 492761
Find out more about Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and Oakley Ward
Deene Acute Surgical Unit (DASU)
Telephone numbers:
07971875754
Find out more about Deene Acute Surgical Unit (DSAU)
Deene B Ward (Emergency Surgical)
Telephone numbers:
01536 492780 or 01536 492786
Find out more about Deene B Ward
Digestive Diseases Unit (DDU)
Telephone numbers:
01536 492729, 01536 492763, 01536 492782, 01536 493198
Discharge Lounge
Telephone number:
01536 491219
Find out more about the Discharge Lounge
Geddington Ward (Short Stay Surgical)
Telephone number:
07971875883
Find out more about Geddington Ward
Harrowden A Ward
Telephone number:
01536 492814
Harrowden C Ward
Telephone numbers:
01536 491487
01536 491287
HC Pretty A (Female Endocrinology and General Medicine)
Telephone number:
01536 492431, 01536 491389 or 01536 492213
Find out more about HC Pretty Wards
HC Pretty B Ward (Male Endocrinology and General Medicine)
Telephone numbers:
01536 492433 or 01536 492218
Find out more about HC Pretty Wards
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / High Dependency Unit (HDU)
Telephone number:
01536 492760 or 01536 492824
ICU Annex - 01536 493264 or 01536 492442
Labour Ward
1 birth partner of patient's choice only.
No visiting to Post and Antenatal wards.
Telephone numbers:
01536 492879 or 01536 492878
Find out more about our Maternity Services
Lamport Ward (Male care of the elderly)
Telephone number:
01536 492241
Lilford Ward (Haematology)
Telephone number:
01536 492834
Find out more about Lilford Ward
Middleton Assessment Unit (MAU)
Telephone number:
01536 492032
Naseby A Ward (Female)
Telephone numbers:
01536 492040 or 01536 491248
Naseby B Ward (Male)
Telephone numbers:
01536 492041
Kettering Local Neonatal Unit
Visiting times:
Parents only, 24 hour access to the unit
Telephone number:
01536 492882
Find out more about Kettering Local Neonatal Unit
Oakley Ward (step down of the Coronary Care)
Telephone number:
01536 492761
Find out more about Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and Oakley Ward
Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) (Children's)
Visiting times:
Open 24 hours, one parent/guardian only.
Strictly no siblings.
Telephone numbers:
01536 492549
01536 491520 or
01536 492550
Poplar Ward
Telephone number:
01536 492913
Rowan Ward (Maternity Ward)
Telephone numbers:
01536 492907
01536 492963 (postnatal)
01536 492914 (antenatal)
Find out more about Maternity Services
Short Stay Unit (SSU)
Telephone numbers:
01536 492442 or 01536 492559
Sir Thomas Moore Ward
Telephone numbers:
01536 493050
01536 493051
01536 493059
Skylark Ward (Paediatrics/Children's)
Telephone numbers:
01536 492291
Find out more about Skylark Ward
Spencer Ward (Day case for eye procedures)
Opening hours:
7.30am - 8.00pm
Telephone numbers:
01536 492153 or 01536 493538
Twywell Ward (Female care of the elderly)
Telephone number:
01536 492251