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Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Cliftonville, Northampton, NN1 5BD · NHS England Midlands - Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire

Trust-wide at Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 9 in 10 patients would recommend it. The shortest published NHS wait across this NHS trust is 4 weeks.

About this provider

Funding
NHS
Telephone
01604634700
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CQC provider ID
RNQ
CQC location ID
RNQ002

Specialties treated here

NHS specialties with a published waiting time at this NHS trust. Select one for how it compares across the area.

What patients said

The NHS Friends and Family Test asks patients whether they would recommend the service. Responses for May 2026. These figures are for Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and cover all its hospitals.

Inpatient care
94%
would recommend · 1,509 responses
A&E
79%
would recommend · 676 responses
Outpatient appointments
98%
would recommend · 1,563 responses

NHS England Friends and Family Test, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-10-25. The FFT is not a formal performance measure and response rates vary between services.

Cancer waiting times

How quickly this trust diagnoses and starts treatment for people referred with a suspicion of cancer. Data for March 2026. Targets are the NHS operational standards. No English region currently meets the 62-day standard. These figures are for Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital.

62-day treatment
69%
% starting first cancer treatment within 62 days of an urgent GP referral
target 85%
28-day diagnosis
74%
% told they have cancer, or that they do not, within 28 days of an urgent referral
target 75%
31-day treatment
95%
% starting first treatment within 31 days of the decision to treat
target 96%

62-day treatment by cancer type

The share of patients who began treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral, for each type this trust reports. The national aim is 85%. Numbers per type are smaller, so they move more from month to month.

Cancer typeWithin 62 days
Breast42%
Lung72%
Bowel61%
Prostate77%
Skin91%
Gynaecological54%
Head and neck60%
Lymphoma56%
Oesophagus and stomach100%
Liver and bile duct82%
Other urological50%
Other blood67%

NHS England Cancer Waiting Times, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-10-25. Provisional monthly data. Small numbers of patients can move a percentage sharply.

Mortality (SHMI)

The Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator compares the number of people who die after care at this trust with the number expected, given how ill the patients were. Rolling 12 months to August 2025. This figure is for Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital.

As expected SHMI 0.971.00 = as expected

NHS Digital, Accredited Official Statistic, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-10-25. The SHMI is not a measure of the quality of care and a “higher than expected” band is a flag for further investigation, not a judgement. It must not be used to rank trusts. It does not include deaths of patients receiving palliative care where that is coded.

NHS waiting times, trust-wide

Waiting times are reported by NHS trusts, not by individual hospitals. These figures are for Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital along with its other sites. Waits at this site may differ.

Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment. Median wait is for the latest published month; the trend covers every month since we began keeping the series.
SpecialtyMedian waitWithin 18 weeksPatients waitingTrend
All specialties12 wks66%27,7121 week shorter since Jan 2026
Cardiology6 wks88%1,6473 weeks shorter since Jan 2026
Dermatology7 wks83%1,2685 weeks shorter since Jan 2026
Ear, nose and throat16 wks54%2,425no change since Jan 2026
Elderly medicine9 wks72%264no change since Jan 2026
Gastroenterology9 wks64%7911 week shorter since Jan 2026
General internal medicine4 wks100%153 weeks longer since Feb 2026
General surgery11 wks65%1,7622 weeks shorter since Jan 2026
Gynaecology13 wks64%2,8851 week longer since Jan 2026
Neurology14 wks58%1,0831 week longer since Jan 2026
Ophthalmology10 wks78%2,5301 week shorter since Jan 2026
Oral surgery19 wks46%2,15017 weeks shorter since Jan 2026
Other medical services14 wks59%3,8422 weeks shorter since Jan 2026
Other services5 wks95%382 weeks longer since Jan 2026
Other surgical services10 wks61%1,2773 weeks shorter since Jan 2026
Paediatric services7 wks83%3055 weeks shorter since Jan 2026
Plastic surgery13 wks63%87no change since Jan 2026
Respiratory medicine7 wks78%7794 weeks shorter since Jan 2026
Rheumatology11 wks68%1,0992 weeks shorter since Jan 2026
Trauma and orthopaedics11 wks66%1,8902 weeks shorter since Jan 2026
Urology11 wks68%1,5751 week shorter since Jan 2026

NHS-funded care only. Does not reflect private appointment availability. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

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