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The organ and tissue donation committee at Kettering General Hospital has worked with Tesco to increase awareness of the importance of discussing your donation wishes.

And the result is a colourful 9ftx6ft panel near the entrance to the main Tesco store in Carina Road, Kettering, which reads “Tell your family how you feel about organ donation.”

The panel has been painted by a local Tesco volunteer – who has asked to remain anonymous – and who has painted panels for other local charitable organisations as part of the store’s community work.

The Macmillan Cancer Support Centre at Kettering General Hospital has received a top quality assessment award for the way it supports people living with cancer.

The centre – which has been operating since May 2022 and was officially launched by Lord Spencer in January - has achieved the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark (MQEM).

That means it has had a detailed and independent assessment and been found to have gone above and beyond to create a welcoming and friendly space that meets people’s needs.

We are celebrating the work of our amazing research teams at both Kettering and Northampton general hospitals on, May 20, International Clinical Trials Day.

Clinical Trials Day is celebrated globally on May 20 to recognise the day that James Lind, a ship’s surgeon in the British Royal Navy, started what is often considered the first randomised clinical trial (in this case, to study the effects of different treatments on scurvy in sailors), on May 20, 1774.

The research teams at the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group – which runs KGH and NGH – work with patients, and our own teams, to do research and support clinical trials at the two hospitals.