Our latest updates

Today, 10 September 2018 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Our blog talks about suicide prevention and the importance of listening to friends, family members and colleagues as well as highlights important resources.

• Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), the county’s NHS mental health and community healthcare provider, has been rated as Outstanding following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
• NHFT is now the third mental health Trust in the country to receive this impressive rating and only the second to receive it as a Trust who also provide community and integrated care alongside mental health care
• The CQC praised the Trust’s staff on embracing vision and values of the organisation as well as the strong leadership in place which has been reflected in the Well-led rating of outstanding.

We are seeking to recruit two Non-Executive Directors to join our well established Board. Integral to our success, they will help drive forward our strategy to build a strong, sustainable organisation that provides joined up pathways of care that meet the individual needs of our patients. Whether a first-time NED or not, we are willing to consider senior individuals with board-level experience from the public or private sectors with the vision and expertise to play a pivotal role in the success of the Trust.

NHFT are celebrating today after being announced as winners at the HSJ, Patient Safety Awards last night in Manchester.

The Trust has enjoyed a fabulous week of celebration to mark the 70^th birthday of the NHS with plenty of birthday cake!

Representatives of the Trust travelled to a service at Westminster Abbey and our Chief Executive Angela Hillery attended a reception with the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street.

On Thursday 7 July, the NHS celebrates 70 years.

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) is holding an Intermediate Care recruitment day at Romic House (Unit 4 Garrard Way, Kettering, NN16 8TD) on Saturday, July 7, between 9am and 6pm.

Join health care services who support you in the community for a chat and a coffee! 

Under a new, five-year contract, NHFT will provide full-time healthcare to detainees in the custody facilities in Kettering and Northampton.