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ABILITY Bus Service
Connecting people with places
ABILITY is your local friendly community bus service operating across the rural communities of West Northamptonshire, connecting people into the main shopping towns of Brackley, Northampton, Towcester, and Daventry.
Fares are payable in cash; also valid concessionary bus passes are accepted. If you have mobility issues, don’t struggle, take advantage of our enhanced memberships that include home collection and drop off plus shopping carried to your door.
We also offer a varied range of days out to local tourist attractions, garden centres, museums and out of town retail shopping parks.
Have a lovely day out and enjoy a chat with a friend over lunch.
Do you belong to a community group that would like your own bespoke outing? Email us today and we can provide you with a quotation.
01327 604123 www.abilitycic.org.uk
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You matter to our hospitals!
Did you know that Kettering General Hospital,
along with Northampton and Leicester hospitals are collaborating closer together to improve patient care, research, and recruitment? They are working under the leadership of new CEO Richard Mitchell. On a day-to- day basis the hospitals are run by individual CEOs and overseen by a board of Executive and Non-executive Directors.
Kettering General Hospital is a Foundation Trust, supported by a valuable team of volunteer Governors, each one elected by the hospital’s membership. Governors keep the hospital’s Non-Executive Directors to account and feedback on hospital services on behalf of the membership.
If you would like to join as a member and help your local NHS better understand patient and carer needs, we would love to hear from you. It’s free to join and you will be the first to hear about our series of (free) Your Health Matters online talks from KGH specialists on a wide range of topics, vote in Governor elections or stand for election yourself and comment on hospital services.
You can watch past event recordings here or visit https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/membership-events
To join as a member, visit https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/ become-a-member-of-kgh.
Contact Governor and Member Lead at KGH, sue.broome@nhs.net or call 0777 3658937.