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Rebecca Fitzgerald elected to the Royal Society
Congratulations to Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, Director of the Early Cancer Institute at the University of Cambridge and Honorary Consultant at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, who has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of sciences.
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New TV series sees surgeon carry out complex facial surgery after e-scooter incident
A leading Addenbrooke’s surgeon performed a complex operation following an e-scooter incident, in a powerful new TV series on treatments to the face, neck and head.
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Medicine for Members: Cambridge HealthTech Research Centre - advancements in traumatic brain injury management
Find out about the cause, investigation, treatment, and outcome of traumatic brain injury (TBI), and how the HealthTech Research Centre will help to improve the management of TBI and the lives of patients and support affected patients and families.
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New TV series 'The Face Doctors' spotlights life-changing work
World-class surgeons who undertake life-changing treatment of conditions affecting the face, neck and head at Addenbrooke’s are the focus of a powerful new television series.
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Baby born deaf can hear after breakthrough gene therapy
A baby girl born deaf can hear unaided for the first time, after receiving ground-breaking gene therapy when she was eleven months old at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.
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Growing Trust launches search for extra talent
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – which has nearly 13,000 employees – is on the search for more talented staff.
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Industrial action: Hospital consultants August 2023
The British Medical Association (BMA) has confirmed further industrial action during August 2023.
You Made a Difference - June 2023
An caring and supportive consultant who has improved patients' lives internationally as well as locally and a loyal and diligent staff nurse are our winners of the June You Made a Difference awards.
Film highlights the importance of kidney research
Patients and staff from Addenbrooke’s are helping a national research charity raise awareness of kidney disease with a powerful new video.
Big Step Forward for Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital
Plans for the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital (CCRH) took a big step forward today with Government approval for the next stage of the business process, and the appointment of a preferred construction partner.
Industrial action: Junior doctors August 2023
The British Medical Association (BMA) has confirmed further industrial action during August 2023.
World Hepatitis Day
A team led by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is on track to eliminate hepatitis C from the east of England by 2025, with targets now reached in Wisbech in Cambridgeshire and Grays in Essex.
You Made a Difference team award - June 2023
The June You Made a Difference team award goes to a kind, accommodating and supportive team who went above and beyond to support a patient’s family – the Ward J2 team.
CUH Annual Awards - Public Choice finalists announced!
Readers of the Cambridge Independent have been sharing stories of the care they’ve received at CUH and nominating teams and individuals for this year’s Public Choice Award. Today the Cambridge Independent has announced the finalists!
Cambridge researchers launch national DNA research programme
Cambridge researchers launch the world’s first national childhood DNA health research programme, to help transform healthcare for children and young people.
CUH Annual Awards - shortlist announced!
Congratulations to staff and teams shortlisted out of 1,300 nominations for this year's CUH Annual Awards.
Construction Director appointed for new hospitals
A new construction director has been appointed to lead the final designs and build of Cambridge Children’s Hospital and Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital.
Thousands of pregnancies tracked in UK’s biggest study on pre-eclampsia
Up to 3,500 first time mums are due to take part in a UK study led by Addenbrooke’s to understand why some will develop pre-eclampsia and placental complications during pregnancy and whether it effects their long-term health.
Waiting times update - July 2023
We are currently undertaking a review of all patients on our waiting list for tests or procedures.
Addenbrooke’s ranks third in UK for organ donation
New figures reveal that there were 40 patients who donated their organs after death at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust last year, helping save or improve the lives of 4,532 people desperately in need of a transplant across the UK.
Centre stage for choral work inspired by Covid care
An extraordinary choral work, inspired by an Addenbrooke’s patient who spent more than 70 days in Covid intensive care, is being performed at King's College Chapel in Cambridge (Thursday 20th July, 7.30pm), with staff from the hospital also singing in the concert.
Class of 1983: nurses’ 40th anniversary reunion
A class of Addenbrooke’s nurses who trained together forty years ago – and are now scattered as far as Australia – reunited in Cambridge on Friday evening.
Industrial action: Junior doctors July 2023
The British Medical Association (BMA) has confirmed further industrial action during July 2023.
My CUH story: Conor Clay
Deputy security supervisor Conor Clay shares his 'life-long commitment' to CUH after he was saved by emergency treatment, dialysis and a kidney transplant at Addenbrooke's.
National study could help prevent child blindness
A collaborative study led from Cambridge will examine a new way to check the eyes of babies for congenital cataract – the most common cause of preventable childhood blindness worldwide.
Genetic study reveals spread of antibiotic-resistant bugs
A six year study carried out at Addenbrooke’s has found that infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria can easily spread among patients but are simple to detect by early screening.