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Frail and vulnerable older people in our county are receiving targeted support to live independently under a new initiative launched by Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership.

A group formed to support people with heart conditions in a friendly and positive way outside of hospital is appealing for new members.

The Heart2Heart support group was launched in September 2014 and is supported by Kettering General Hospital’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Department.

It provides additional support for heart patients through the sometimes frightening period of adjusting to their problem providing support that enhances recovery and their quality of life.

KGH is developing a £1.8m new Maxillo-Facial and Orthodontic Unit to expand and improve services for patients.

The new unit will be double the size of the existing department and have state-of-the-art new equipment including a cone beam CT scanner, 3D printer and intra-oral scanner allowing digital pictures to be taken of the inside of the mouth and teeth (rather than a plaster cast)

The new unit will enable doctors, nurses and technical staff to address increased demands on their service while improving the clinical environment for patients.

Kettering General Hospital (KGH) and Young Healthwatch Northamptonshire* (see editor’s notes) have won a national award for work they have undertaken with young people

The two organisations entered the Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNA) in the ‘Team of the Year’ category.

The joint entry was called ‘It’s my health – youth voice’ and their win was announced on Wednesday 20 March 2019 at the awards ceremony in Birmingham.

Free and confidential support for people touched by crime – whether KGH patients or staff – is now available.

KGH, along with Northampton General Hospital, have agreed to join up with Voice, the free, confidential support service for anyone affected by crime in Northamptonshire.

Kettering General Hospital is launching a new Bedside Book Service for patients from April 1, 2019.

The aim is to enable patients to have access to lots of different kinds of books to keep them entertained during their stay in hospital.

Wards across KGH held themed tea parties to celebrate national Nutrition and Hydration Week (March 11-17).

The Global Afternoon Tea events – on March 13 - had staff baking cakes and coming up with quirky ideas for themed parties.

The aim of the event – and the awareness week – was to increase understanding of the importance of good nutrition and hydration at all times for patients.

 Our amazing Maternity Bereavement team at KGH have been fundraising to buy Rainbow Bags for mums who have just had their Rainbow baby.

The team had been fundraising to buy supplies for the Rainbow Bags since August 2018. They have now been kindly supported with a generous cheque of £2885 from the Freemasons of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire.

This afternoon we officially opened the Frank Radcliffe Fracture Clinic in its new location!
We were joined by some familiar faces including Mr Bromage and Mr Barrington and were able to thank our amazing Estates team, builders Andrew and James Lewis and Joao Diogo our architect for a job well done!

Kettering General hospital is taking part in a trial with Baby Lifeline, a charity who supports the care of pregnant women and new-born babies, which is aiming to standardise midwives’ bags and equipment across the country.