Stephen Powis

Junior doctors are set to strike this week

NHS set for “incredibly tough week” during junior doctors strikes

Bosses at NGH and KGH have brought back visiting restrictions after reporting a sharp increase in Covid and flu cases in the hospitals

Hospitals suspend visits following "significant increase" in Covid and flu cases

NHS call for responsible drinking during ambulance worker strikes

Clinicians monitoring live data will be able to direct ambulances from NHS hospitals including NGH and KGH if they are full

NHS chief says clinicians monitoring data will hey more patients seen quickly

Breast screenings are available every three years in Northamptonshire to all women over 50

Tens of thousands of county women miss 'vital' breast cancer screenings

Frontline healthcare staff in England must be fully vaccinated against Covid by 1 April (Photo: Getty Images)

Healthcare staff face sack without exit payments under Covid jab plans

Work on eight hubs is due to begin this week (Photo: Getty Images)

New Covid Nightingale ‘surge hubs’ being set up to manage Omicron wave

Palforzia, an oral drug, appears to reduce the risk of harm when a peanut allergy sufferer comes into contact with the foodstuff (image: Shutterstock)

NHS England to offer new treatment to help tackle peanut allergies

Sajid Javid is not implementing Plan B measures for England (Photos: Getty)

Sajid Javid rules out Plan B but hints at mandatory jabs for NHS staff

How to book your Covid booster jab in the UK - and who is eligible to get one

Nation urged to get Covid booster jab ‘to protect freedom and Christmas’ - what ...

University of Northampton

University urges new students to use drop-in clinics to get a Covid jab

Unvaccinated university students have been urged to get a Covid vaccine in freshers’ week (Photo: Shutterstock)

Unvaccinated students urged to get coronavirus jab during Freshers’ week

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world first’ (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world-first’

Laura, Nick and baby Louis

Kettering mum gives birth to baby one year on from “miracle” NHS treatment

NHS chiefs say they are battling an obesity crisis in Northamptonshire's hospitals.

Obesity crisis: Northamptonshire hospital admissions among top 10 highest in UK
"Carrying extra pounds not only puts a strain on your physical health, but also on the health service", warns NHS chief
Kevin Nicholls

Around half a million 44-year-olds will receive a text inviting them to get their jab through the national booking service, NHS England said (Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

44-year-olds are being offered Covid jabs - why the rollout has been extended by...

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Northamptonshire's over-50s urged to book Covid jabs before slots dry up next we...

Our headlines follow the story of the first few days after Covid-19 first arrived in the county

Covid-19 one year on: How half-term skiing trips gave the virus a foothold in No...

The actress has been criticised by an NHS boss over her long Covid treatment regime (Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

An NHS boss says 'serious science' is needed to treat long Covid - and Gwyneth P...

The NHS waiting list in England could reach 10 million people by April 2021, according to the Reform think tank (Photo: Shutterstock)

Think tank says NHS has become a ‘National Covid service’ - but medical director...

50 mass Covid vaccine centres and 2m jabs a week - is England’s plan feasible?

'We're on track to meet our target': what Matt Hancock said about the vaccine ro...

The car park has been transformed into a drive through vaccination facility

Kettering drive-thru Covid vaccine hub up and running

The Pfizer jab. Photo by Frank Augstein - Pool / Getty Images

Covid vaccine site set to open in Kettering

A small number of people have had allergic reactions to the Covid vaccine - this...

Most people over 80 won't get Covid jab until next year - here's why Rhona Shennan

Northampton General Hospital

Confirmed: Northampton General Hospital to be one of the country's first coronav...

Coronavirus cases are growing across the country (Photo: Shutterstock)

More people are currently hospitalised with coronavirus than in March - the late...

Medical experts are currently investigating a possible link between coronavirus and an inflammatory disease found among infants (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s what you need to know about Kawasaki disease affecting children - and if ...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of muddling the government's message on social distancing (Getty Images)

These are the lockdown rules for over-70s after the government's conflicting sta...

NHS chiefs plan to rollout a mobile phone app to help ease the lockdown

Definite slowdown in numbers of new Covid-19 patients in Northamptonshire hospit...

Prof Stephen Powis warns "we're not out of the woods yet"

NHS warns "we are not out of the woods yet" as spread of Covid-19 cases slows in...

500,000 people have already volunteered to help the NHS - here’s what they will ...

Tens of thousands of retired doctors, nurses and emergency workers are being ask...

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