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St Andrew CEO Dr Vivienne McVey and Enterprise's Natalie Staines (centre) with STAH staff

Enterprise Mobility makes ‘generous donation’ to patients

Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah addresses journalists in London

'Operating hospital ceiling fell on us' - 43 days as a surgeon in Gaza

Lorraine Lewis, Charles Breen and Lee Lewis in charity will writing partnership

Northamptonshire financial firm offers free wills to adult cancer patients

Category - Integration Winner- Macmillan Information and Support Team  Citation Reader - Host - Martel Maxwell Picture by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert Macmillan Professionals Excellence Awards 2023 Macmillan Cancer Support - conference and Macmillan Professionals Excellence Awards 2023, held at the Scottish Exhibition Centre, in Glasgow, Scotland, on 9 November 2023.

NGH cancer teams wins national award for its support for patients

Northamptonshire Health Charity is once again running its annual ‘Christmas Gifts for Patients Appeal’, encouraging donations for people in local NHS hospitals to be given on Christmas Day.

Charity ‘makes world of difference’ to patients spending Christmas in hospital

Hospital 'shed' is proving popular with patients

‘Shed’ project at hospital helping boost wellbeing

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

Northampton General Hospital

Tens of thousands of missed outpatient appointments at NGH

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Credit: Getty

Labour Party vows to turn NHS "on its head" with fundamental reform

Medical staff wearing FFP3 face masks. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

NHS 'structural racism' led to staff not being heard on PPE

The Christmas appeal began 9 years ago aiming to support elderly patients with no visitors

Give the gift of joy to a patient in hospital this Christmas

Emergency services at the scene of a coach crash on the M53 motorway, between junction 5 at Ellesmere Port and junction 4 at Bebbington.

Two dead in Liverpool M53 bus crash

Industrial action will significantly impact on local NHS services

What Northamptonshire NHS patients need to know ahead of further industrial acti...

Neuralink was co-founded by Elon Musk in 2016 (image: Adobe)

Musk's Neuralink approved to recruit humans for a brain implant

Millions to miss out on Covid booster as NHS slashes eligibility

Industrial action will significantly impact on local NHS services

Doctors strike: What Northampton residents need to know
British Medical Association (BMA), Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA), and British Dental Association (BDA) have announced Consultants, Junior Doctors, and dental trainees will take further strike action this week.

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

Brain tumour patient Helen Hannam

Northamptonshire brain cancer patient urges support for charity petition

Wegovy is now available on the NHS

Weight-loss injection Wegovy now available on the NHS

The Trust’s Macmillan Information & Support Team is vying with eight other UK Trusts in the Cancer Experience of Care Award category of the Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNA).

NGH shortlisted for national award for way it supports cancer patients

Patients Ian Dowell and Ross Thompson with the robot.

Robot day at NGH raises awareness of life-saving new surgical technology

A hospital nurse and doctor review patient records

Upcoming industrial action will have a serious impact on NHS services

Lucy Rigby at Northampton General Hospital.

Opinion: Cancer patients are facing long waits - urgent action is needed

Industrial action will significantly impact on local NHS services

Upcoming Industrial Action (11 - 15 August) will have a serious impact on local ...

Deer broke into a hospital in Devon

Watch the moment wild deer break entry into hospital & shock patients

Susan Morrison ‘showed solidarity’ with junior doctors

Junior doctors in England start their 5 day walkout

People hold placards calling for fairer pay on a picket line (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Upcoming industrial action 'will have a serious impact on NHS services'
The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that junior doctors will take part in strike action from 7am on 13 July until 7am on 18 July 2023 and hospital consultants will strike for 48 hours from 7am on 20 July.

Some of the Critical Care Team at NGH celebrating its first anniversary

Spotlight on the life-saving Critical Care Unit at Northampton General Hospital

Skye and Liz with the Macmillan team in Northampton

Macmillan event puts cancer patients in the driving seat

The Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team at NGH have been shortlisted for a national award.

Stroke team nominated for top award for supporting patient wellbeing

The local NHS is advising the public on what actions they need to take during the upcoming industrial action

Upcoming industrial action 'will have a serious impact on local NHS services'

Wegovy: What is the weight loss jab which GPs will offer on NHS

Warning as most common day to have severe heart attack revealed

The NHS will soon allow patients to acces private healthcare

Patients to use NHS app to access private healthcare

Lloyds Pharmacy closures: Full list of branches shutting doors for good over the next few weeks

Lloyds Pharmacy confirms branches closing for good over next few weeks

Allergy sufferers told to ‘immediately’ contact their GP after adrenalin pens recalled

Allergy sufferers hit with warning as epi pens recalled by government

Millions of patients in England will be able to get prescriptions for seven common conditions, plus the contraceptive pill and more blood pressure checks, directly from pharmacies under new plans to tackle the GP crisis in the UK.

Pharmacies to offer prescriptions for 7 new conditions amid GP crisis

Scores of local pharmacies close in England as pharmacists fear being taken advantage of

Scores of local pharmacies close in England

GP appointments face major change with millions affected - how does this affect you?

Major change to GP appointments set to affect millions

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England

Previous industrial action taken by the Royal College of Nursing

Nurses' strike planned for 30 April to 1 May

It costs between £7,100 and £18,100 a year to raise a child according to research from Moneyfarm - an unimaginable amount of money for some, especially amid an ongoing cost of living crisis

3 government schemes that could save parents £1,617

NHS dentist fees in England have increased this week in another blow to those already struggling with the cost of living crisis.

NHS dentist fees increase in England - how much more you’ll pay

Mum of 2 thought ‘tennis ball’ sized brain tumour was stress seizures

New figures obtained by Labour through a Freedom of Information request revealed patients are being forced to wait up to an hour and a half for 999 calls to be answered.

Patients wait an hour and a half for 999 calls to be answered

Stunning art pieces created by patients at the Wheatfield Unit at Berrywood Hospital have gone on display thanks to a charity

Patients’ artwork brightens Berrywood Hospital thanks to charity

The local NHS is advising the public on what actions they need to take during the upcoming industrial action.

Northamptonshire NHS offers advice to patients as junior doctors set to strike

The Lewis Foundation is celebrating its seventh anniversary on Friday (April 7).

Charity fighting ‘isolation and loneliness’ of cancer patients turns seven

A picture taken at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research shows a tick (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images).

TBEV case confirmed in UK - what you need to know about new virus

The discharge lounge will support up to 16 patients – with four rooms and 12 chairs - and is at the Cliftonville Trust entrance.

New discharge lounge planned for NGH will help ease pressure

EzriCare's Artificial Tears was recalled in January over links to eye infections.

Eye drops recalled as deadly bacteria causes 68 people to go blind

Hundreds of people have lost their sight due to treatment delays caused by NHS backlogs, according to the Association of Optometrists

Hundreds of people lose sight due to delays caused by NHS backlog

Firefighters were called to a blaze at Northampton General Hospital on Monday (March 13).

NGH fire believed to have been started 'accidentally' as one ward remains closed

NHS prescriptions are on the rise next month to add to the financial concerns of households amid a crippling cost of living crisis - Credit: Adobe

NHS prescription charges to rise in April - how much more you’ll pay

The local NHS is advising the public on what actions they need to take during the upcoming industrial action

'The NHS is still here but don’t call 999 or attend A&E unless an emergency'