Industrial Action
Junior Doctors will strike from 7am on Saturday 24 February until 11.59pm on Wednesday 28 February. Action is likely to cause long waits in Emergency Departments.
If it’s not a life-threatening emergency, get the help you need via:
• 111.nhs.uk can support you at home or direct you to the best service for you
• Your pharmacy can help with over the counter medicines, emergency contraception and minor illnesses
• Mental health support, please contact 0800 448 0828
• Corby Urgent Care Centre can help treat lacerations, cuts, sprains, trains, minor burns and wounds
• For medical attention please contact your GP practice as normal.
Latest News from around the Trust
KGH helps trailblaze NHS plans to listen to concerns about patients
Trailblazing schemes at both Kettering and Northampton general hospitals support a new NHS plan to listen more carefully to the families of sick patients. On February 21 NHS Eng...
Memorial garden opens for our amazing Ralph
A memorial garden was opened on February 26 at Kettering General Hospital as a tribute to its longest-ever serving employee. Much-loved groundskeeper and gardener Ralph Howe MBE died on June 13 las...
Ralph was involved in gardening all his life
As we opened Ralph’s Garden on February 26 we reflected on his life and times. We also gave thanks to the KGH staff and contractors who helped turn the idea of a memorial garden into reality....
KGH nurse helps write chapter in new book for aspiring nurses
A paediatric nurse at Kettering General Hospital has helped write a chapter in a new book for student nurses. ...