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Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Who we are and what we do

 

Who we are and what we do

How we fit into the NHS structure

Information that explains how the organisation fits into local and/or national NHS structure.

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Overview of how we fit into the NHS structure

The NHS is divided into two sections: primary care and secondary care.

Secondary care is known as acute health care and can be either elective or emergency care. Elective care means either planned specialist medical care or surgery usually following referral from a primary or community health professional such as a GP.

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is an Acute Hospital, providing a wide range of general and specialist services.

The About Us section of the NGH website provides more information NGH and:

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The NHS Website

The NHS Website provides information about the NHS including information about the structure of the NHS, its core Principles, History, Regulation and Constitution.

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The NHS Choices Website

The NHS Choices Website is aimed at everyone who comes into contact with the NHS, or delivers services to children.

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Northampton General Hospital’s organisational structure

Corporate governance information including details of board members and other key personnel. This includes an explanation of the internal structure of the Trust and how the structure relates to roles and responsibilities.

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Overview of the Trust Board including Trust Board member biographies

An overview of the Trust Board can be found on the

section of the website

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Organisational structure charts

The Trust organisational structure is available here.

This Trust organogram provides an overview of the Directorate Structure(clinical Directorates and Support (Non-Clinical) Directorates)

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NGH becoming a Foundation Trust

Find out more about NGH becoming a Foundation Trust on the For Members page of our website

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How to contact us

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How to contact us

Details of the main switchboard can be found under the

pages of our website

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Contact details for Clinical Services

Contact details for the Clinical Services Departments can be found on the:

pages of our website

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Contact details for Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)

Contact details for the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) can be found on the:

  • For Patients > Patient Advice and Liaison (PALS)
  • For Visitors > Patient Advice and Liaison (PALS)

pages of our website

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Contact details for Comments and Complaints

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is committed to providing the very highest standards of care. We are continually trying to improve the services we provide.

Contact details for Comments and complaints can be found on the:

  • For Patients > Comments and Complaints
  • For Visitors > Comments and Complaints

pages of our website

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Contact details for how to make a Freedom of Information Request or a request under the Data Protection Act

Details on how to make a Freedom of Information Request or a Request for Information under the Data Protection Act and Contact details are available on the

pages of our website

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Organisations we work in partnership with

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust strives to deliver high quality services working in partnership with other organisations.

We have long recognised the importance of Partnership working and close collaboration with a wide range of both NHS and non-NHS organisations to ensure local delivery of services and their development in accordance with national guidance and local needs. NHS partnerships include our local Primary Care Trusts and neighbouring hospitals, the private sector and not-for-profit community groups.

Primary Care Trusts specify which information on our work will be provided to them. Northamptonshire Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT) is our main commissioner. The Trust has in place a Service Level Agreement (SLA) where the executive have agreed the financial, activity and quality schedules with Northamptonshire Teaching PCT.

We also have agreements for services we receive from other NHS organisations such as ambulance trusts; they provide information to us as part of these agreements.

The Trust falls within the East Midlands Strategic Health Authority, and we provide a wide range of information to the SHA and both statutory and ad hoc reports.

There is wide range of non-NHS organisations with whom we work ranging from Northamptonshire County Council to voluntary organisations.

Training and Education - In addition to an active in-house training programme accessible to all staff, the trust is working in partnership with South Leicestershire College and Skillspoint on a highly successful NVQ programme that will provide a minimum of 400 trained staff for the trust over the next two years.

The main organisations we work in partnership with are listed below.

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STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY
East Midlands Strategic Health Authority Information can be found on the East Midlands Strategic Health Authority Website: http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/ Electronic No charge
SECONDARY CARE
Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust

Information can be found on the Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust website:
http://www.kgh.nhs.uk/welcome/

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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Information can be found on the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust website:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/

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Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Information can be found on the Stoke Mandeville Hospital website:
http://www.buckinghamshirehospitals.nhs.uk
/About/about.htm/

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Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Information can be found on the Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust website:
http://www.mkhospital.nhs.uk/

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Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust

Information can be found on the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust website:
http://www.oxfordradcliffe.nhs.uk/

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MENTAL HEALTH TRUST
Northampton-
shire Healthcare NHS Trust

Information can be found on the Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust website:
www.nhft.nhs.uk/main.cfm?type=2

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PRIMARY CARE
NHS Nene clinical commissioning group (Formerly PCT)

Information can be found on the Nene CCG website:
http://www.neneccg.nhs.uk/

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East Midlands Specialised Commissioning Group

Information can be found on the East Midlands Specialised Commissioning Group website:
http://www.emscg.nhs.uk/
Please note that this Website is currently under construction

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Milton Keynes PCT

Information can be found on the Milton Keynes PCT website:
http://www.miltonkeynes.nhs.uk/

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Leicester City PCT

Information can be found on Leicester City PCT website:
https://eastleicestershireandrutlandccg.nhs.uk
/about-us/

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Leicester Rutland PCT

Information can be found on the Leicester Rutland PCT website:
http://https://eastleicestershireandrutlandccg.
nhs.uk/

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Oxfordshire PCT

Information can be found on the Oxfordshire PCT website:
http://www.oxfordshirepct.nhs.uk/

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Bedford PCT

Information can be found on the Oxford PCT website:
https://www.bedfordshireccg.nhs.uk/
page/?id=3685/

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Buckingham-
shire PCT

Information can be found on the Buckinghamshire PCT website:
http://www.buckspct.nhs.uk/

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Nene Commissioning

Information can be found on the Nene Commissioning website:
http://www.neneccg.nhs.uk

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AMBULANCE TRUST
East Midlands Ambulance Trust

Information can be found on the East Midlands Ambulance Trust website:
http://www.emas.nhs.uk/

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NON NHS ORGANISATIONS
Northampton-shire County Council

Information can be found on the Northamptonshire County Council website:
http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/
Pages/HomePage.aspx

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Three Shires Hospital Northampton

Information can be found on the Three Shires Hospital website:
http://www.bmihealthcare.co.uk/hospital/
details?p_hosp_id=244

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Woodlands Hospital Kettering

Information can be found on the Woodlands Hospital website:
http://www.ramsayhealth.co.uk/hospitals/
choose_a_hospital/midlands/
woodand_hospital.aspx

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