New Rushden rehabilitation service will boost care provision in North Northamptonshire

22 August 2024

North Northamptonshire Council has welcomed a new specialist rehabilitation centre that has been set up by Kettering General Hospital for their patients – boosting care provision in the area.

Spinneyfields Specialist Care Centre in Rushden will be used by University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) – which runs KGH and Northampton General Hospital - so patients transferred there will be given care and support before being discharged from hospital care.

The unit will run alongside the Council-run Thackley Green in Corby which also provides re-ablement services for those leaving a hospital setting and who are not quite ready to return home.

Providing the best reablement for residents after they are discharged from hospital is a priority for the council and we are pleased that our in house reablement service was recently rated as good by CQC.

We are pleased that KGH is using Spinneyfields to reshape the services provided and we look forward to seeing the positive impact this will have on people’s experience of being discharged from hospital across North Northamptonshire.

We remain committed to getting the best possible outcomes for the residents of North Northamptonshire and will continue to work with partners to achieve this.Cllr Gill Mercer, Executive Member for Adults, Health and Wellbeing

We are committed to finding the best ways of providing care for the residents of North Northamptonshire and it’s vital that we work with our partners to achieve this.

This wonderful new facility is a terrific boost for North Northants and will help bolster the already excellent care which is provided for those leaving hospital, who aren’t quite well enough to return home.Jason Smithers, Leader of North Northamptonshire Council

The Council took on the operation of Thackley Green in July last year.