Latest News from around the Trust

RCN has announced planned industrial action on Sunday 30 April and Monday 1 May

Posted on at by Gail Meachem

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced planned industrial action from 8pm on Sunday 30 April to 23:59pm on Monday 1 May.
 
The RCN has confirmed that this strike will involve nursing staff working in emergency departments, intensive care units, cancer care and other services that were previously exempt. This means it is likely that services are impacted more severely than during previous rounds of industrial action.
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New county operation launched for some early-stage cancer patients

Posted on at by David Tomney

A new way of treating certain early-stage bowel and rectum cancers without major abdominal surgery is being introduced to Northamptonshire.

It involves using minimally invasive key-hole surgery techniques to remove early-stage tumours – and some advanced benign polyps that cannot be removed with endoscopic procedures - through the anal opening rather than though major radical surgery of the rectum

The technique is called Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS) and the first operation in the county was carried out at Kettering General Hospital on April 19 by Mr Triantafyllos Doulias and Mr Khalid Hureibi, Consultant Laparoscopic Colorectal and General Surgeons.

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KGH is undertaking a significant review of the way it delivers children’s services following an inspection by the CQC

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Posted on at by Gail Meachem

Inspectors visited the hospital on December 6 and December 19, 2022, and found a number of areas of concern relating to staffing levels, how well staff were following hospital procedures, and how robust arrangements were to ensure high levels of patient safety at all times.
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Check-out your skin blemish concerns at three-day KGH event

Posted on at by Gail Meachem

A three-day skin surveillance event is being held by Kettering General Hospital to help identify problems like skin cancer as early as possible.
 
The event is being held close to the hospital’s dermatology unit on the second floor of the Prospect House Medical Centre in Lower Street, Kettering.
 
It is on Wednesday May 3, Thursday, May 4, and Friday, May 5, from 9am-11am.
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Make your patient voice heard at KGH and NGH

Patient Panel

Posted on at by David Tomney

A Patient Panel is being launched across both Northampton General and Kettering General Hospitals to help ensure the patient and carers voice is heard when we develop and deliver patient care.

The Patient Experience teams at both hospitals have developed the Panel idea - which will work to improve services across both hospitals - as a new way for patients, carers, and their families to get involved in the development of services.

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