Kettering General Hospital

13/11/2025

There will be industrial action involving Resident Doctors from 7am on Friday 14 November to 7am on Wednesday 19 November 2025.

Please attend all routine hospital appointments as planned unless we notify you otherwise directly.

12/11/2025

Our amazing enhanced recovery programme for colorectal patients is helping people to get safely home after surgery sooner than ever before.

And its shorter length-of-stays, and less patients needing intensive care treatments afterwards, mean its results are some of the best in the country.

The winning formula has been established through a combination of dedicated pre and post operative care with the support of a ward team, along with the use of high-technology via a mobile phone app called PostOp developed at KGH.

As a relatively small hospital, compared with many other large specialist hospitals, we are doing extraordinarily well. Our length of stay for colorectal cancer surgery are on average four to five days. Comparable hospitals have stays averaging five to six days and some have stays as long as 11 days.

The Enhanced Recovery Programmes works by:

• Giving colorectal patients a comprehensive pre-operative assessment – which is at least an hour long

• The Geddington Ward surgical team consistently delivering a specific Enhanced Recovery Programme

• Using a mobile phone Post Op app. This specialised enhanced recovery App enables patients to answer key questions about their recovery through mobile phone questionnaires as well as posting pictures and video of their wounds for doctors and nurses to study.

For more see: https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/news/kgh-enhanced-recovery-programme-one-of-the-best-in-england-3266

11/11/2025

On Remembrance day, we remember those who have lost their lives in conflict ❤️

10/11/2025

A reminder that our Armed Forces support webinar takes place at 5pm today.

Here from NHS colleagues, plus Op Courage and Forces in the Community.

It's not too late to book a free place - simply complete our on-line form https://forms.office.com/e/7MAzGd7Cdq

Join our on-line event supporting the Armed Forces Community.

The University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) – which is made up of both Northampton General and Kettering General Hospitals, along with Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) are running a free event to show what support is available for the armed forces community within Northamptonshire.

During the online event, Monday 10 November at 5pm, attendees will hear how both NHS trusts support those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, reservists, cadets and veterans. To book a free place please complete our on-line form 👉 https://forms.office.com/e/7MAzGd7Cdq

Speakers and information at the event include:

💙 Emma Battison, Op COURAGE. This is an NHS mental health specialist service designed to help veterans and their families in England
💙 Neil Fowkes,
💙 David Harrison, NHFT staff member sharing his experience of the transition to civilian life Specialist Palliative Care Nurse

As Veteran Aware accredited trusts, we are committed to ensuring that serving personnel, reservists, veterans and their families are not disadvantaged when accessing health services.

10/11/2025

Our amazing cardiac MRI team have won two national awards for the way they work together to provide good patient care.

They have won the Society of Radiographer’s Midlands Radiology Team of the Year 2025 and the Patient’s Choice Award for Exceptional Care 2025.

The national Radiography Awards celebrate the stand-out individuals and teams from across the UK who have made a positive difference to patient care, service delivery, or those who have excelled academically. Winners announced in Radiography Awards 2025! | SoR

The team submitted evidence for the awards including:

• The development of a successful in-house Cardiac MRI (CMR) service at KGH (previously outsourced) which supports cardiac MRI referrals from both the Kettering and Northampton sites, with over 4,000 scans performed to date.

• Pioneering safe and effective MRI scanning of patients with pacemakers, a cohort previously referred to tertiary centres. This has enabled nearly 1,000 pacemaker MRI scans reducing patient waits and travel times

Pictured are KGH CT MRI radiographers Pavan Kumar Harish and Bala Selvakumar – second and third from left – receiving the awards from representatives of the Society of Radiographers.

For more see: https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/news/we-win-two-national-awards-for-cardiac-mri-service-3247

10/11/2025

Some of the team players on the Corby Kingswood Juniors Football Club took part in a sponsored park run to raise money for Skylark Ward and raised a staggering £750.

On November 6, Ricky the manager of CKJFC and Sara, from KGH’s Infection Control Team, donated a Nintendo Switch Bundle with some additional games for it with a warranty, £350 of Amazon vouchers, £50 cash and a cake for the ward.

A big thank you to everyone involved for supporting our patients.

10/11/2025

❤️Remembrance Services ❤️

To mark Remembrance Day, we will be holding dedicated services across UHN on Tuesday 11 November at 10.55am

The services are open to colleagues, patients and visitors

KGH: The Atrium (by main entrance)
NGH: South Entrance foyer (by M&S Food).

08/11/2025

Today we are celebrating World Radiography Day 2025! 💙🩻

Around 90% of patients will interact with a radiographer at some point during their care which shows how essential radiology has become in modern medicine; using advanced imaging to help clinicians diagnose and treat patients with precision and care.

We are proud of our radiography teams for their expertise, compassion and commitment to delivering safe, high-quality care every day. Thank you for the vital role our Radiographers and their teams play in patient care and the NHS.

07/11/2025

Our amazing Macmillan Cancer Support Centre has organised an online cancer information event for people with questions about living with cancer.

The event is on Wednesday, November 12, from 6.30pm to 8pm and anyone can take part by registering for the event on 01536-493888 or email: kgh-tr.cancerinfo@nhs.net to get a Teams link.

The event will have representatives from Talking Therapies, Look Good Feel Better, Age UK, Lakeland Hospice and Northamptonshire Sport.

KGH’s centre, near main reception, also provides information and support on emotional, practical and financial support including, living with, and beyond cancer and it has an online cancer hub on youtube.

It also regularly hosts Reiki and Reflexology support therapies; leads regular wellbeing walks at Wickstead Park and Rushden Lakes locations; offers access to welfare benefits advice via Citizen Advice as well as a Telephone buddy service, and access to support groups and much more.

You can also drop-in into the support centre no appointment is necessary during opening hours Monday to Friday 9am and 4pm (except bank holidays).

Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Service Lead, Danielle Mellows, (centre) with L-R Volunteer Chloe Wilkins, Information and Support Officer Mary Chapman, and KGH’s Macmillan Head of Nursing for Cancer, Ruth Giles when they achieved the quality mark in 2023.

For more see: https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/news/our-online-cancer-support-event-on-november-12-3233

04/11/2025

Join our on-line event supporting the Armed Forces Community.

The University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) – which is made up of both Northampton General and Kettering General Hospitals, along with Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) are running a free event to show what support is available for the armed forces community within Northamptonshire.

During the online event, Monday 10 November at 5pm, attendees will hear how both NHS trusts support those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, reservists, cadets and veterans. To book a free place please complete our on-line form 👉 https://forms.office.com/e/7MAzGd7Cdq

Speakers and information at the event include:

💙 Emma Battison, Op COURAGE. This is an NHS mental health specialist service designed to help veterans and their families in England
💙 Neil Fowkes,
💙 David Harrison, NHFT staff member sharing his experience of the transition to civilian life Specialist Palliative Care Nurse

As Veteran Aware accredited trusts, we are committed to ensuring that serving personnel, reservists, veterans and their families are not disadvantaged when accessing health services.

04/11/2025

Our amazing research and clinical teams are working together in a pioneering piece of research to see if bone fractures are connected with coeliac disease.

The aim is to find out if patients who have broken a bone should be tested for coeliac disease enabling them to be diagnosed early before complications of the disease worsen.

The study is being led by Dr Ajay Verma, the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire’s Director of Research & Innovation, and is a collaboration between the hospital’s fracture clinic, its gastroenterology department, and its research team.

Coeliac disease is a medical condition where the body has an inflammatory reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye.

It can affect bone health, as the body may not be able to absorb enough vitamin D, which can lead to osteoporosis or osteopenia (weaker bones).

The study, called BRACE-1, was launched in 2022 and has now just closed after achieving its target of recruiting 1,200 KGH patients into the study.

Dr Verma said: “This is a huge achievement by the Kettering Research Team, and our fracture clinic and research team colleagues have recruited our final patients to the BRACE-1 study.

“It is unusual for a study of this size to be exclusively conducted at a district general hospital. This sets the precedent so that further studies can be conceived and run at Kettering General Hospital, and Northampton General Hospital, for the benefit of our patients.”

To find out more see: https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/news/kgh-in-pioneering-fracture-and-coeliac-disease-study-3231

27/10/2025

Breast cancer affects both women and men.

Everyone should know how to check and what to look out for. Men can develop lumps or ni**le changes too, so it’s important to be aware.

Learn more about signs and symptoms on the NHS website: https://orlo.uk/breastcancer_eTb8Q and contact your GP if you’re concerned.