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From Thursday 29 December, we are suspending visiting for adult inpatient wards and are asking patients and visitors to the hospital to wear a mask, due to a significant increase in COVID and flu infections.
Read more here: bit.ly/3i4dqNo
Today we had the honour of waving Gordon off as he left NGH after 86 days.
Gordon came into hospital with COVID-19 in March and after a long recovery process has finally been reunited with his family.
We would like to all wish Gordon well with his recovery ๐
#TeamNGH
We're absolutely delighted that Emma Wimpress, our Head of Volunteer Services, has been awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2020 ๐
Emma was recognised for her services to volunteer services at NGH.
Read more: northamptongeneral.nhs.uk/News/Articles/โฆ
Choo choo we need you!
Weโre recruiting volunteer train drivers to help our youngest patients get to theatre.
Our volunteer driver Trevor took one of our younger patients for the first ride. Get in touch to see how you can join the team making a big difference to patients.
Our friends at @NorthantsPolice would love to have a chat with the gentleman below who stole sanitiser straight off our wall outside Quinton ward. ๐
If you recognise him, contact Northamptonshire Police 101 and quote incident number 20000138273.
Please don't steal from us. ๐
We are delighted to announce that we are the first hospital in the UK to gain Pathway to Excellenceยฎ designation for the second time from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
This recognises our commitment to making our hospital a positive environment for our colleagues.
Happy Easter from TeamNGH!
As it's a bank holiday and a lot of our teams are working we're asking you to send us in your photos of your window pictures and nice messages that we can share with staff.
To start us off here's a rainbow from the team on Eleanor ward๐
#NHS#Easter
Congratulations to the new Mr & Mrs Vanezi who celebrated their wedding on Talbot Butler ward yesterday๐
Thank you to our amazing colleagues for supporting with these kinds of special occasions for patients๐
A huge well done to our laboratory teams who have launched rapid testing for patients at Northampton General this week. This means that our patients can be tested for COVID-19 and receive their result in just four hours.
Read more about the testing here:
northamptongeneral.nhs.uk/News/Articles/โฆ