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An amazing midwife from Kettering General Hospital has received a DAISY Award for the outstanding, compassionate, and sensitive care she gave to a mum.

Emma Duxon was nominated for her award by a grateful mum after supporting her through pregnancies which had difficulties associated with them.

The DAISY Awards are an international recognition programme that honours and celebrates the exceptional care that many nurses and midwives provide every day.

The use of high-tech training manikins and ‘real-life’ scenarios for staff end-of-life care training has led to a Kettering General Hospital team being shortlisted for a top national award.

The Palliative Care Team have been shortlisted for a Nursing Times Award in the Enhancing Patient Dignity category of the 2022 awards - due to be held in London on October 26.

The hospital has a unique end-of-life care training package - developed by KGH Palliative Care Nurse Specialist Jan Murts - which uses scenario training and high-tech simulation manikins to help staff experience and learn from the many considerations and stresses involved in end-of-life care.

Kettering General Hospital has had two of its internal initiatives shortlisted for a national award for the way it works to make patient safety, and kindness and respect between staff, a top priority.

The hospital is in the finals of the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2022 in the changing culture category for a shared learning initiative called Yokoten and one to promote kindness, goodwill and civility, called Compassionism.

A team at Kettering General Hospital that supports acutely ill adult patients has been shortlisted for two top awards for the way it works with families to tackle clinical concerns.

Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General Hospital have opened their new breast pain clinic for patients in Northamptonshire.

Clinical and digital teams from Kettering and Northampton general hospitals have been shortlisted for a national award for the way they have used technology to better support frail patients and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

The University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group (UHN) is a finalist in the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Patient Safety Awards 2022 in the Digital System and Process Development Award category.

More than 1,400 county residents at risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19 have been treated with antiviral and other specialist medications by Northamptonshire’s hospitals after testing positive for the virus.

Northampton and Kettering general hospitals have both been providing the treatments – either as tablets or intravenous infusions – as part of the national network of Covid Medicines Delivery Units (CMDUs) set up in December 2021.

Staff at Kettering and Northampton general hospitals have been silently scooting into work on e-bikes as part of a green initiative.

A total of 40 staff across the two hospitals have been using the electric-powered cycles – which can be ridden without pedalling - in July and early August to experience e-bikes as part of a council-run scheme to promote them.

A health charity has donated 22 picnic tables to Kettering General Hospital to enable staff to have their breaks outside – as well as benefitting patients and visitors.

The Northamptonshire Health Charity – which supports health trusts across the county – donated £10,000 to fund the tables following a funding request from the hospital’s Health and Wellbeing Group.

The tables – which have their own seating - have been installed across the main hospital site and also at offsite locations in Wellingborough, Corby, Irthlingborough and around the medical records centre in Kettering.