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Trust movement surgical hub gains national accreditation
An Addenbrooke’s hospital service, which was opened in November 2023 to cut waiting times for those needing routine orthopaedic and spine operations, has won a coveted award.
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CUH appoints independent organisation to lead patient involvement in orthopaedic review
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) has appointed Olovus, an independent specialist patient and public involvement organisation, to lead engagement with patients and families affected by the independent review into orthopaedic care provided by Ms Stohr at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
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Trust appoints new Non-Executive Director
Professor Rosalind Smyth has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH), which runs Addenbrooke’s and The Rosie Hospitals.
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You Made a Difference - Team Award - June 2025
This month’s You Made a Difference team award goes to the NCCU team, who have demonstrated extraordinary compassion, professionalism and teamwork in supporting one of their long-term patients through the final stages of her life.
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Vasculitis team holds second training course
A second three-day course for nurses managing patients with a rare condition called vasculitis is to be held at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
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Addenbrooke’s to gain innovative full-body scanner supporting national research
The new total-body PET scanner is expected in late 2026. It provides a faster, safer way to get detailed full-body images for diagnosis, treatment and research of complex diseases.
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You Made a Difference team awards - April to September 2020
A proud, positive and highly respectful team and a team who couldn’t turn down a challenge are the winners of April to September's You Made a Difference team awards.
You Made a Difference - August to September 2020
A kind and approachable staff nurse who is a gifted baker; an enthusiastic play team nursery nurse who always goes above and beyond for her patients and their families; a staff bank health care assistant who boosts morale and supports junior staff; and a
Life-saving work of two Cambridge hospitals portrayed in award-winning BBC documentary series
The extraordinary work of surgical teams at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Royal Papworth Hospital and will feature in the forthcoming BBC series of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life.
Prof Ravi Gupta included in 2020 TIME100 list
Addenbrooke’s infectious disease consultant and Cambridge University Professor Ravi Gupta is named in this year’s TIME magazine 100 list of the world's most influential people.
You Made a Difference - Covid-19 Alborada Trust awards
Thanks to a donation from the Alborada Trust to Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust, we were able to extend the You Made a Difference scheme to recognise the commitment and amazing work of our staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Why MS patient Cameron bowls them over
A mother whose cricket-loving son was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis says she is bowled over by the way he copes – and the support they are getting from specialist services at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.
Punctured lung affects almost one in a hundred hospitalised Covid-19 patients
As many as one in 100 patients admitted to hospital with Covid-19 develop a pneumothorax – a ‘punctured lung’ – according to a study led by Cambridge researchers.
Medicine for Members: Organ donation in 2020
Medicine for Members lecture on Organ Donation in 2020: Successes, hopes and challenges by Dr Riaz Kayani, consultant in paediatric intensive care and organ donation lead.
Steroid improves survival of critically ill Covid-19 patients – CUH patients involved in study
A new international study published today has shown that treating severely ill Covid-19 patients with the steroid hydrocortisone improves their chances of recovery.
Plea for organ donors to alert families
Last year the families of 57 patients who died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge made the courageous decision to support their loved ones’ wishes to donate their organs.
Addenbrooke’s pilots new approach after results of study
Combining PCR and antibody tests at point of care dramatically increases COVID-19 detection in hospitalised patients
Hancock’s high-tech visit
Health Secretary Matt Hancock today visited Cambridge University Hospitals to see how cutting edge technology can reduce cancer waiting times.
Why marathon transplant is a milestone moment
This month marks a year since Stephen Cooper became the 100th patient to have a multi-visceral transplant at Addenbrooke’s, Cambridge - the only hospital in the UK to undertake such complicated operations on adults.
Clinics set up to help patients overcome the effects of Covid
Special clinics to help patients who were hospitalised with Covid-19 overcome the effects of the virus have been set up at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
Drive-through blood tests being offered at Newmarket Road Park and Ride, Cambridge
Drive-through blood tests are shortly to be available at Newmarket Road Park and Ride in Cambridge to help reduce the number of patients coming onto the Addenbrooke’s site during Covid-19.
First UK hospital to offer advanced patient positioning and surface guided technology for radiotherapy patients
Our hospitals are the first in the UK to install a new technology to enable delivery of precision radiosurgery and radiotherapy to patients with cancer and other conditions.
Emergency department’s warning on numbers
A clinician at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, today issued an appeal for patients not to bring large groups of relatives or friends into the emergency department.
Ian Davenport exhibition coming to our hospitals
Paintings in Hospitals, the Jerwood Collection, and Cambridge University Hospitals present Colour in Motion, an exhibition featuring the works of Turner Prize-nominated artist Ian Davenport at our hospitals.
Surgeon’s pledge on Cape Town gun victims
A young trainee in academic and clinical neurosurgery who found himself in the thick of the Covid-19 outbreak in South Africa today vowed to return and help more patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) caused by gunshots.
Hospital team reunite Addenbrooke’s patient with dog after four months
Patient Ronald Jaffray has been able to hug his dog Misty for the first time in four months, thanks to a surprise reunion organised by the hospital team who care for him.