Kettering General Hospital

Name :

Kettering General Hospital

Address  :

Rothwell Road

Town  :

Kettering

State  :

Northamptonshire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

NN16 8UZ

Phone  :

01536 492000

Fax  :

01536 492599

Web URL  :


Description

About Us
Kettering General Hospital is a mediumsized district general hospital which provides a wide range of services to about 300000 people in North Northamptonshire

The hospital has served its local community since 1897 It became an NHS Trust in 1994 and a Foundation Trust in November 2008

The Trusts goal is to provide the highest standards of care for all of its patients and to fully support carers and visitors

It has developed many stateoftheart facilities run by highly qualified staff including

An pound18m shortstay surgery Centre The Treatment Centre which enables the
majority of operations to be done with stays of less than 48 hours

A pound47m Cardiac Centre providing heartrelated treatments closer to peoples
homes
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