Health

Kettering General Hospital has been removed from special measures for the first time in more than two years.

A shop which went up in flames in Kettering may have had materials containing asbestos inside.

The chief executive of the county’s mental health trust is taking on an additional leadership role at a Leicestershire NHS Trust.

More than 100 jobs at Kettering General Hospital will be on offer at a recruitment event next weekend.

Rushden residents are being urged to make their view heard over the future of the town’s Memorial Clinic.

There is a rising waiting list for those with chronic eye disease in Northamptonshire and the county’s two hospitals could be several thousand eye appointments short each year of what is needed.

A damning survey of NHS staff working for the body responsible for Northamptonshire’s health services has said that senior managers don’t communicate properly or act on staff feedback.

Officials making Brexit preparations for Northamptonshire have been looking at the possible impact on public disorder, workforce shortages, food and medicine supply and transport issues.

A Government watchdog has rated three Kettering-based care services as outstanding in a hat-trick for their operator.

A Northamptonshire teenager desperately needs a specialist seat to save him from the agony of his spine curving and relieve his painfully stiff muscles.

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

A Corby family hope an inquest into their daughter's death will resolve the questions they have "never been given answers" to.

Schools across Corby are taking part in an entrepreneurial challenge to raise money for Lakelands Hospice.

A ‘diabetes van’ will visit three county towns this week to help residents find out more about the condition.

A group of people who began fundraising for KGH after reading about a Thrapston footballer with leukaemia have handed over almost £3,000.

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