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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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Board of directors' meeting - 13 May 2020
Notes from the board of director's meeting held on 13 May 2020.
Consultant helps with COVID communications
A consultant working in A&E during the COVID-19 crisis has come up with a novel way of helping staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) identify themselves to patients.
Hospital consultants elected to prestigious academy
Two consultants at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been elected to a prestigious academic body, it was announced today (Wed 13 May).
Cambridge doctor’s ground-breaking app gives ventilated COVID-19 patients a voice
A ground-breaking new iPad app for ICU patients - trialed at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge - is transforming the experiences and wellbeing of critically ill COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Over 150 participants recruited to new COVID-19 research programme
A “library” of valuable biological samples from people with COVID-19, which will help scientists globally fight the virus, has recruited its 150th participant.
Cambridge University graduates help hospital prep for pandemic
Graduates from the University of Cambridge have been combining their skills with the latest simulation software to help Addenbrooke’s predict what resources – such as oxygen, ventilators and beds – it needs to get through the COVID crisis.
Testing suggests 3% of NHS hospital staff may be unknowingly infected with coronavirus
Hospital staff are carrying SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease, without realising they are infected, according to a study by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
Genetic analysis reveals new causes of Primary Immunodeficiency (PID)
A collaboration with NIHR has combined whole genome sequencing with a statistical program to predict the existence of disease-causing changes in the DNA of people with primary immunodeficiency.
Two schoolboys treated at Addenbrooke’s Hospital for cancer teach their family and friends how to cope with isolation during the coronavirus lockdown
Best buddies Oliver Doughty and Lucas Newton, both aged 12, were forced apart by cancer because their chemotherapy treatment left them prone to infection.
New ways of working help keep critically ill patients in touch with families
Staff from Addenbrooke’s hospital are taking innovative steps to help critically ill patients stay in touch with their loved ones during the coronavirus crisis.
COVID-19 survivor says he owes his life to staff at Addenbrooke’s
A plumber from Doddington says he owes his life to staff at Addenbrooke’s after nearly dying from COVID-19.
Hospital launches hunt for scrubs super-heroes
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched an appeal for scrubs to help supplement existing supplies.
Research staff begin working on new COVID-19 study
Research staff from NIHR Cambridge Clinical Research Facility (CRF) are being deployed onto the wards at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) to start using a new test for a research trial into COVID-19.
Adapted care for cancer patients due to COVID-19
The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre and six other leading European cancer centres share knowledge and experiences to define new guidelines for treating cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Patients and visitors Finding us Services For health professionals Infection control Have your say Working for us Accessibility Contact us Cambridge researchers develop new coronavirus test for frontline NHS workers at Addenbrooke’s
A new test for infection with SARS-CoV2 that which inactivates the virus at the point of sampling, has been developed by a team of researchers at the Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID).
Cambridge engineers use industrial modelling techniques to help Addenbrooke’s Hospital manage COVID-19 care
Modelling tools originally designed to improve the efficiency of factories are being used by Cambridge engineers to help Addenbrooke’s Hospital manage the COVID-19 emergency.
Rapid COVID-19 diagnostic test developed by Cambridge team to be deployed in hospitals
A new rapid diagnostic test for COVID-19, developed by a University of Cambridge spinout company and capable of diagnosing the infection in under 90 minutes, is being deployed at Cambridge hospitals, ahead of being launched in hospitals nationwide.
You Made a Difference team award - March 2020
A hard-working, adaptable patient-facing team are the winners of March’s You Made a Difference team award
You Made a Difference - March 2020
March's You Made a Difference winners are a lead consultant neurophysiologist and a ward clerk.
Announcement of COVID-19 related death
Statement from 29 March 2020: “We can confirm that sadly, a patient in their 90s with underlying health conditions has passed away at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. They had tested positive for COVID-19."