Kettering General Hospital

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Clothes , Prosecco and canapes ... the ultimate girls night ! ***TICKET SALES CLOSE ON FRIDAY AT 5PM***
It's nearly that time...our annual charity fashion show is just next week !
... Watch the show, note down your favourite items and snap up 50% (or more!) discount off your favourite high street brands 👗
See the attached poster for details.
And there's an amazing raffle on the night too... 1st prize - 7 nights apartment accommodation in an American or European destination of your choice🌴 2nd prize - Gift voucher for minimum £100 to be used on the night💵 3rd prize - L’Occitane VIP evening for up to 10 people👭 4th prize - Luxury Clarins gift set🛁 5th prize - Bottle of Moet & Chandon rosé champagne🍾
ALL proceeds going towards a new scanner for our Gynaecology department.
So why not round up some friends for the night and raise money for your local hospital!
It's going to be such a fantastic and fun event - comment below or contact Christina or Maxine on 01536 491375 for tickets or more information.
KGH Charity Fund
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We are currently very busy - both in A&E and across the hospital - and are concentrating our efforts on our most seriously ill patients.
This means people who are not seriously ill may wait longer than normal to be seen.
We advise anyone who doesn’t require emergency care to instead go to their Pharmacist, GP, to phone NHS111, or consider accessing the Corby Urgent Care Centre, instead of going direct to A&E.
... The recent hot weather is having some impact on A&E attendance and we have experienced many unwell older people with medical conditions who are also dehydrated.
There are also many children and adults with minor limb injuries related to playing outside, gardening, DIY etc - which can often be dealt with outside of A&E.
While the next few days may be cooler continued hot weather is forecast and we anticipate that we will continue to have high emergency care demand for the next week.
If you have a relative or friend in hospital at the moment who is about to be discharged we would really appreciate your support in making this happen as soon as possible – as it releases a bed for another patient who may be waiting in A&E.
Be sensible in the sun remember to drink lots of water, (and encourage elderly relatives to do the same) stay covered up and use high factor sunscreen to avoid burning, and avoid extreme exertion.
Seek medical attention from your GP if you have a long term condition and are feeling unwell.
Thank you for your support. Please share this message with family and friends.
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Are you a registered nurse or HCA? We would love to talk to you if you are interested in working within the discharge lounge, to assist the capacity and discharge team to provide patients flow in a timely and professional manner. Come along to the Discharge Lounge and meet the team on Tuesday 10th July between 6pm and 8pm and find out more about working with this team.

Today we honoured KGH gardener Ralph Howe who has done an amazing 59 years of service to the hospital.
Ralph, 76, who is probably one of the NHS’s longest serving employees, joined the hospital aged 17 in 1959 and has been working here ever since.
At a ceremony today Ralph was presented with a cherry tree and bench as a thank you for his service as part of the NHS70 celebrations.
... The estates team and senior members of KGH staff all gathered to wish him well and he was filmed by BBC Look East – look out for him on BBC1 tonight at 6.30pm.
Ralph first started work on May 25, 1959, after being was interviewed by KGH’s head gardener, Percy Chester, and Group Secretary, Mr Dowgill.
In those days the hospital had a 12 acre vegetable field and orchards on site and grew all of its own fruit and vegetables.
The chef would place an order with the gardeners and they would collect the produce and it would be on the patients’ plates at the next meal.
Ralph received an MBE for his services to the hospital in 1997 from the Queen but said he doesn’t like a fuss.
He said: “I feel very honoured and lucky to have had a job I love which has kept me in pretty good health for all these years. I love creating new areas and maintaining our grounds to a high standard.”
He was thanked for his outstanding service by the hospital’s Senior Independent Director Phil Harris-Bridge, Medical Director Prof Andrew Chilton, Director of Estates Ian Allen and Director of Nursing and Quality Leanne Hackshall.
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Visitors are finding today's NHS70 tours at KGH fascinating as they experience some of the work we do behind the scenes and with patients.
Tours are underway now with more this afternoon - see below. The pictures on this post are from this morning's endoscopy tour and simulation suite tours.
There are also amazing tours of our pharmacy, our dementia garden and the chance to get involved in skills like resuscitation and CPR.
... Come along to our Prince William Education Centre where staff and volunteers can direct you.
Parking for individuals taking part in the celebration is £1 but you must have a NHS70 Park for £1 ticket which will be issued by key KGH personnel – eg tour leaders and staff organising the celebrations at the various locations. Car park B only.
Throughout the day today listen in to BBC Radio Northampton - where you will hear some of our many amazing stories and meet some of our staff – or watch BBC Look East tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm.
Tonight we are also having our Annual Members’ Meeting from 6pm in the Prince William Education Centre lecture theatre – there are also more than 30 stands in the Education Centre showcasing various KGH services.
Everyone is welcome to attend these events. Please come along and help us to celebrate your NHS’s birthday.
The hospital’s Volunteers Service and Retirement Fellowship are providing a Meet and Greet service at the Prince William Education Centre entrance area and will be directing visitors to areas of interest to them. The Retirement Fellowship is also running a refreshments area throughout the day.
Times on the programme are:
• Endoscopy tours at 10am and noon in the department • Decontamination Unit tours – 2pm and 4pm • Pharmacy tours 10am, 11am, 2pm and 3pm • Dementia Garden Tours – 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm • Simulation Suite (Prince William Education Centre) - Introduction to clinical skills at 10am-10.30am and 1pm-1.30pm – Introduction to the mannequin 10.30am-11am and 1.45pm-2.30pm; Be part of a simulation 11.15am-noon and 1.45pm-2.30pm; simulation lab Q&A 2.30pm-3pm • Resuscitation Room (Prince William Education Centre) – Cardiac arrest simulations 11am adults, 1.30pm pregnant women, 4pm choking child.
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Come along today to KGH and see some of amazing services on the NHS’s 70th birthday.
Between 10am and 5pm we have arranged periodic tours of:
• Our Dementia Garden where you can see progress on this amazing project – pictured on this post
... • Our endoscopy department and new decontamination extension – used to deliver the area’s bowel cancer screening programme
• Pharmacy – where we have a robot to help dispense some of the more than 11 million doses of medicine we give to our patients each year
• Simulation suite and clinical skills lab - which uses high tech computerised mannequins to simulate patient conditions for the training of doctors and nurses.
• Resuscitation training - how we help people who have had heart attacks
To come along today a good starting point for visitors is to go to our Prince William Education Centre where staff and volunteers can direct you.
Parking for individuals taking part in the celebration is £1 but you must have a NHS70 Park for £1 ticket which will be issued by key KGH personnel – eg tour leaders and staff organising the celebrations at the various locations. Car park B only.
Throughout the day today listen in to BBC Radio Northampton - where you will hear some of our many amazing stories and meet some of our staff – or watch BBC Look East tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm.
Tonight we are also having our Annual Members’ Meeting from 6pm in the Prince William Education Centre lecture theatre – there are also more than 30 stands in the Education Centre showcasing various KGH services.
Everyone is welcome to attend these events. Please feel free to come along and help us to celebrate your NHS’s birthday.
The hospital’s Volunteers Service and Retirement Fellowship are providing a Meet and Greet service at the Prince William Education Centre entrance area and will be directing visitors to areas of interest to them. The Retirement Fellowship is also running a refreshments area throughout the day.
Times on the programme are:
• Endoscopy tours at 10am and noon in the department • Decontamination Unit tours – 2pm and 4pm • Pharmacy tours 10am, 11am, 2pm and 3pm • Dementia Garden Tours – 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm • Simulation Suite (Prince William Education Centre) - Introduction to clinical skills at 10am-10.30am and 1pm-1.30pm – Introduction to the mannequin 10.30am-11am and 1.45pm-2.30pm; Be part of a simulation 11.15am-noon and 1.45pm-2.30pm; simulation lab Q&A 2.30pm-3pm • Resuscitation Room (Prince William Education Centre) – Cardiac arrest simulations 11am adults, 1.30pm pregnant women, 4pm choking child.
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KGH is throwing open its doors to the public and showcasing some of our fascinating services on the NHS’s 70th birthday tomorrow (Thursday).
Between 10am and 5pm we have arranged periodic tours of our endoscopy department (which hosts the hospital’s bowel screening service), pharmacy (which uses a robot to help dispense some of the more than 11 million doses of medicine we give to our patients each year), and simulation suite and clinical skills lab (which uses high tech comp...uterised mannequins to simulate patient conditions for the training of doctors and nurses).
A good starting point for visitors is to go to our Prince William Education Centre where staff and volunteers can direct you.
Parking for individuals taking part in the celebration is £1 but you must have a NHS70 Park for £1 ticket which will be issued by key KGH personnel – eg tour leaders and staff organising the celebrations at the various locations. Car park B only.
In the evening we are also having our Annual Members’ Meeting from 6pm in the Prince William Education Centre lecture theatre – there are also more than 30 stands in the Education Centre showcasing various KGH services.
Everyone is welcome to attend these events. Please come along and help us to celebrate your NHS’s birthday.
Internally we are also celebrating the achievements of 122 staff who have served the hospital for more than 30 years with some special Long Service Awards – including KGH gardener Ralph Howe who has worked here for 59 years and is due to be featured on BBC Look East at 6.30pm tomorrow on BBC1.
The union Unison has organised a 1948 Street Party event for staff on the day where an invited random representative cross section of KGH staff will wear 1940s clothing and have tea party outside with cakes and a brass band.
Staff will also be able to have a free ice cream with a ticket available from PWEC entrance 11.15am-2pm and sample some old fashioned pick and mix sweets.
The hospital’s Volunteers Service and Retirement Fellowship are providing a Meet and Greet service at the Prince William Education Centre entrance area and will be directing visitors to areas of interest to them. The Retirement Fellowship is also running a refreshments area throughout the day.
Times on the programme for tomorrow are:
• Endoscopy tours at 10am and noon in the department • Decontamination Unit tours – 2pm and 4pm • Pharmacy tours 10am, 11am, 2pm and 3pm • Dementia Garden Tours – 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm • Simulation Suite (Prince William Education Centre) - Introduction to clinical skills at 10am-10.30am and 1pm-1.30pm – Introduction to the mannequin 10.30am-11am and 1.45pm-2.30pm; Be part of a simulation 11.15am-noon and 1.45pm-2.30pm; simulation lab Q&A 2.30pm-3pm • Resuscitation Room (Prince William Education Centre) – Cardiac arrest simulations 11am adults, 1.30pm pregnant women, 4pm choking child.
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Seventy students aged 15-18 from across North Northamptonshire attended an Inspiring our Future Workforce event at KGH yesterday.
The careers event was held in the The Hall@KGH and was designed to inspire young people to join the NHS.
The day included live simulations of a birth – using a high-tech computerised mannequin – along with demonstrations of operations (using a real person but not actually doing surgery) along with plastering limbs, physiotherapy, paramedic care and... children’s nursing.
The young people also had a chance to take part in a fun scrub race – donning gowns and gloves to get a feel for what it is like to be dressed to go into an operating theatre.
Clinical Learning Manager Liz Power said: “This was a great opportunity for young people to see some of the amazing careers that are available at KGH.
“The event had an invited audience of students from our local secondary schools who have expressed an interest in working in healthcare. “
Students who took part were also interviewed by Anglia News and BBC Look East TV crews as part of their coverage of NHS70.
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The Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality at KGH has won a national women’s award for her service to the community.
Diane Postle was chosen as the winner of the Community Award section of the English Women’s Awards 2018 for her work with the Rainbows Hospice for children in Loughborough.
The award was presented at the Grand Hotel in Leicester at an awards ceremony last night.
... Diane has worked with the hospice as a volunteer, trustee and as its Chair from 2015-2018.
The English Women’s Awards aim to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of women from a variety of fields such as charity work, business, the professions, and civil service.
Diane said she was delighted to have to be recognised for the way she has used her nursing experience to support the hospice and its leadership team and helped set its future direction.
Dee Sissons, Rainbows Chief Executive Officer, said: “Diane is a dedicated, passionate health care professional who has made an incredible contribution to Rainbows.
“In addressing the charity’s ambitions to grow and extend its services across the East Midlands in recent years she has played an integral part in keeping our youngsters and their families at the heart of everything we do. We are thrilled that her hard work and dedication has been recognised at these national awards.”
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Are you a registered nurse? Why not come along and meet the Barnwell C team on the ward, Friday 06 July 2018 18:00 to 20:00 for tea and cake and to see what it is like to work as a nurse on an acute Orthopedic and Trauma ward caring for emergency Orthopedic patients. We are interested in talking to you to see what career development opportunities the Barnwell C ward team can offer you?

The Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality at KGH has been shortlisted for a national women’s award for service to the community.
Diane Postle – who has worked here for the last two years – has been named as a finalist in the English Women’s Awards for her work with the Rainbows Hospice for life limited children in Loughborough.
She is a finalist in the Community Award category for supporting the hospice as a volunteer, trustee and as Chairman from 2015-2018.
... The English Women’s Awards aim to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of women from a variety of fields such as charity work, business, the professions, and civil service.
Diane, who remains a trustee with Rainbows, said: “My time at Rainbows has been brilliant and I am still proud to be a part of this amazing organisation which puts children and young people at the very centre of care.
“To be shortlisted for this award was a complete surprise and is an absolute honour.”
Diane, who lives near Market Harborough, is married with two children.
The Awards are being held at the Grand Hotel in Leicester tomorrow (Tuesday, June 26).
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Tonight at 7.30pm on BBC 2 you can watch the new quiz show ‘Britain’s Best Junior Doctors’ - which stars three junior doctors from KGH.
The show is on each night all week with teams of junior doctors from around the country battlling it out until a final on Friday June 29.
KGH’s team comprises Dr Jordan Lam, Dr Rebecca Acres and Dr Mayank Bhandari pictured (on the show).
... Tonight - in the first of the series - KGH's doctors are up against University Hospitals Leicester.
The series is part of programming to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the NHS.
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KGH is inviting you to come and celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday with us on Thursday July 5 where we are showcasing some of the hospital’s fascinating and important services.
Between 9.30am-6pm we have arranged periodic public tours of three hospital departments.
The endoscopy department - which hosts the hospital’s bowel screening service - pharmacy - which has a robot that helps dispense some of the more than 11 million doses of medicine we give to our patients each year –... and our simulation suite and clinical skills lab - which uses high tech computerised mannequins to simulate patient conditions for the training of doctors and nurses.
We are hosting our Annual Members’ Meeting from 6pm in the hospital’s Prince William Education Centre – where there are also more than 30 stands covering a wide variety of other KGH services.
There is also an opportunity to take a tour of the hospital’s Dementia Garden which is rapidly taking shape since the launch of the public appeal to build it in March 2017.
KGH staff are taking part in the celebrations too. Internally we are celebrating the achievements of 100 staff who have served the hospital for more than 30 years with some special Long Service Awards.
The union Unison has organised a 1948 Street Party event for staff on the day where an invited random representative cross section of KGH staff will wear 1940s clothing and have tea party outside with cakes and a brass band.
Staff will also be able to have a free ice cream with a ticket available from an ice cream van behind Warren Hill House from 11.15am-2.15pm and sample some old fashioned pick and mix sweets from the Prince William Education Centre.
For the public the hospital’s Volunteers Service and Retirement Fellowship are providing a Meet and Greet service at the Prince William Education Centre entrance area and will be directing visitors to areas of interest to them. The Retirement Fellowship is also running a refreshments area throughout the day.
Parking at the Trust for members of the public who want to take part in the birthday celebrations is £1 but you must have a NHS70 Park for £1 ticket which will be issued by key KGH personnel – eg tour leaders and staff organising the celebrations at the various locations.
For more information on the events on the day people can contact Membership Manager Donna Burnett on 01536-492169 or donna.burnett@kgh.nhs.uk Also keep visiting our Facebook page for updates.
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The professional excellence of medical students, junior doctors and consultants at Kettering General Hospital has been celebrated with an annual award.
Tonight the hospital held its third Trainee & Trainer Professional Excellence Awards at the Kettering Park Hotel in Kettering.
The awards are a way for the hospital to say a ‘big thank you’ for the contributions made by medical staff towards patient care, education and training – and this year an amazing 350 nominations were r...eceived.
KGH’s Director of Medical Education, Dr Syed Fayyaz Hussain, said: “The trainees and trainers nominated for the awards have led by example in supporting team work and high standards of professionalism. They are role models who have made an outstanding contribution to high quality patient care, education and training.
“The awards recognise this excellence and show our appreciation for those contributions which exemplify the Trust’s CARE values of being Compassionate, Accountable, Respectful and Engaging. “
Winners were: Best Medical Student - Robert Flather; Best Undergraduate Tutor (Junior Doctor) Dr Anil Gharatya; Best Undergraduate Tutor (Consultant) Dr Nasir Siddique; Best Foundation Year 1 doctor; Dr Abdullah Aamir; Best Foundation Year 2 doctor: Dr Andrew Fitzsimons; Best Core Trainee - Dr Vishal Kumar; Best Specialty Trainee: Dr Syed Mohammad, Ms Sarah Whitehorn (Joint Winners); Best Trust Grade Senior House Officer: Dr Jamal Ahel, Dr Ashwini Ghorpade, Dr Alina Guna (Joint Winners); Best Trust Grade Registrar: Mr Biraj Karmaker; Best Specialty Associate Specialist/Associate Specialist: Ms Yeganeh Moghaddam, Dr Sandeep Nath, Dr Aditya Singh; Best Educational Supervisor: Mr Robert Haughney; Best Clinical Supervisors: Dr Kai Hogrefe Best Medical Education/Clinical Skills Facilitator:Mrs Kate Birrell, Miss Shelley Gardiner (Joint winners) Most Improved Team – nominated by the Director of Medical Education: Junior Doctor Senate.
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KGH is up for two national awards for the way it has encouraged staff to use antibiotics in the best possible way.
The hospital has been shortlisted in the 2018 Antibiotic Guardian Awards arranged by Public Health England in two categories.
The Prescribing and Stewardship category – for its cellulitis patient pathway – and in the Das Pillay Award - for the contribution made by its Antimicrobial Clinical Technician Julie Fosbrook.
... Micro-organisms which are resistant to antibiotics are a growing national and international threat and contribute to 5,000 deaths per year in the UK.
To prevent this there are now widespread national and international campaigns across healthcare to encourage the appropriate use of the drugs.
The 2018 Antibiotic Guardian Awards were set up to recognise the local, regional and national contributions being made to tackling antimicrobial resistance.
Pictured L-R are Dr Emma Collison-Ani, Lead Nurse for Urgent Care, Louise Hyde, Antimicrobial Clinical Technician, Julie Fosbrook (who was shortlisted for the individual award) and Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Naomi Fleming. They are at the hospital’s Ambulatory Care Unit – where the antibiotic pathway for cellulitis is being implemented.
Judging and presentation of the awards takes place in London on June 27.
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Following an awards event yesterday it has been revealed that two more KGH staff were shortlisted for the NHS’s ‘Top 70 Stars’ for their outstanding work.
It brings the number of KGH staff who made the national top 70 up to three with consultant obstetrician, Mrs Adeeba Nishtar, achieving 7th place in the top ten, porter Liam Coulson achieving 9th place and superintendent radiographer Deborah Black coming in 22nd.
Liam made an appeal to local individuals and companies for Chr...istmas crackers so he could pull them with every patient in hospital – especially the ones with few friends and relatives - during his shift on Christmas Day.
He was overwhelmed with the public response to his appeal and carried out his promise – with the help of some other members of staff – on Christmas Day.
Deborah Black, a Superintendent Radiographer in KGH’s Breast Screening Unit, was also nominated by a colleague for the fantastic work she does with patients and her colleagues.
Mrs Nishtar was nominated by Kettering mum Karen Birch for her outstanding professional care and attention.
The Health and Care’s Top 70 Stars event was put together as part of the NHS 70th birthday celebrations and is a joint venture between the NHS Confederation, NHS England and NHS Improvement. A celebratory event was held at the NHS Confederation’s conference in Manchester yesterday where the results were revealed.
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A consultant obstetrician at KGH has been voted as one of the NHS’s ‘Top 70 Stars’ for her outstanding work – achieving 7th place in the national top ten.
Mrs Adeeba Nishtar, who has been a consultant at KGH for six years, was nominated by Kettering mum Karen Birch for the care she provided during Karen’s recent pregnancy.
The Health and Care’s Top 70 Stars event was put together as part of the NHS 70th birthday celebrations and is a joint venture between the NHS Confederatio...n, NHS England and NHS Improvement.
Anyone who had worked in the health and social care sector over the past 70 years could be nominated as a Star and there were 238 nominations received.
Mrs Nishtar was Karen’s consultant during her pregnancy because she had gestational diabetes which presented risks to her pregnancy.
In her nomination Karen said Mrs Nishtar is an outstanding role model within the NHS, using her expertise, excellent communication skills and caring approach to steer her through a potentially difficult pregnancy.
Mrs Nishtar was there to deliver baby Grace Birch on April 11, 2018. She was born three weeks early and weighed 3.22kg (7lb 1oz). Mrs Nishtar is pictured holding Grace.
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The dates and times of the BBC 2 quiz show ‘Britain’s Best Junior Doctors’ - which three junior doctors from Kettering General Hospital are starring in - have been announced today.
The show will air on BBC 2 at 7.30pm each night from Monday, June 25, until Friday, June 29, with teams from across the country taking part.
KGH’s team comprises Dr Jordan Lam, Dr Rebecca Acres and Dr Mayank Bhandari pictured in the TV studio.
... KGH’s team will be up against University Hospitals Leicester on the first show on Monday, June 25.
The show intends to showcase medical excellence – and crown Britain’s Best Junior Doctors - and each episode consists of five rounds which will reveal the wonders of modern medicine and the human body.
The series is part of programming to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the NHS.
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