◗ COMMUNITY HOSPITALS
Some of our readers may be surprised to learn that the NGH site is not the only one on which we provide services. We also manage a day surgery unit and out-patient department at Danetre Hospital in Daventry, plus three inpatient wards across the county – one at Danetre, one in Corby, and the other at Isebrook Hospital in Wellingborough. We plan to feature all of them in turn in Insight, starting with a look here at Hazelwood Ward, Isebrook Hospital.
Caring closer to home Focus on Hazelwood - one of our community hospital wards The primary focus of the beds at our community hospitals is to provide care closer to home for patients who do not need the acute medical services of a district general hospital. Patients may be transferred from an acute hospital (Kettering or Northampton) for a period of rehabilitation before returning home, or in some cases admitted directly from the community because it is
more appropriate for their needs than an acute hospital. Hazelwood ward at Isebrook Hospital provides physical rehabilitation for both male and female adult patients. It is a 34 bed ward, containing four bays of six beds as well as single rooms. Nursing staff, doctors and permanent therapists are employed
by NGH, with additional rotational physiotherapists and occupational therapists – plus input from dietetics, podiatry, and speech and language therapy – being provided by Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust (NHFT). It is a similar arrangement to NGH itself, with the ward also having its own allocated care manager to work with the team on arranging discharges.
Having relatives visit is an integral part of someone’s rehabilitation, so if it’s easier to visit they are likely to come more often. (L-r) Debbie Emmans, Dr Malathi Suppiah, physiotherapist Sophie McGarity, staff nurse Wendy Chapman, Rosemary Cairns, Annabel Chesser, Pat Cataldo.
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