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You Made a Difference - Kat Hymers
Our latest You Made a Difference award goes to Kat Hymers, Employee Relations Manager, whose professionalism, empathy and dedication have made a lasting impact on both colleagues and the wider Trust.
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Trust eye expert welcomes green light for sight saving drug
An Addenbrooke’s consultant who has dedicated over two decades researching an incurable hereditary eye condition has welcomed approval of a treatment by a health body.
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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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You Made a Difference - Kat Hymers
Our latest You Made a Difference award goes to Kat Hymers, Employee Relations Manager, whose professionalism, empathy and dedication have made a lasting impact on both colleagues and the wider Trust.
Trust eye expert welcomes green light for sight saving drug
An Addenbrooke’s consultant who has dedicated over two decades researching an incurable hereditary eye condition has welcomed approval of a treatment by a health body.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Study prompts global call on pituitary tumour research
Brain surgeons and researchers from Cambridge and London are calling on colleagues worldwide to adopt the first ever consistent way of recording outcomes following pituitary gland tumour removal.
Pioneering breast cancer programme opens in more hospitals across the East
Patients who join the Personalised Breast Cancer Programme, which was pioneered at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, have their DNA read like a barcode, with the whole genome of their tumour sequenced and the results returned to inform treatment.
Life-saving test identifies pneumonia causing microbes
Groundbreaking work by Addenbrooke’s John Farman Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and other Cambridge partners to treat critically ill patients with life-threatening pneumonia is taking a huge leap forwards
National recognition for Neurophysiology service at CUH
The neurophysiology team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital is one of only three in the country to gain national accreditation from UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service.)
Health team prepare for India mission
A team from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) are getting ready to visit to Rishikesh and Dehradun in northern India next week to support the delivery of healthcare and education.
Construction partner appointed for new Cambridge Children’s Hospital
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be helping to build the first specialist children's hospital for the East of England. Today the project has reached a new milestone, with the appointment of Bouygues UK as construction partner.
Social media star GK Barry visits Teenage Cancer Trust unit at CUH
Social media influencer and TV star Grace Keeling, known as GK Barry, visited Cambridge University Hospital’s NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) to spread some cheer to teenagers from the East of England region being treated for cancer.
'Mega lungs' event could save lives
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation have teamed up for a life-saving initiative.
Skin cancer advice as holiday fever heats up
A surgeon who says he is carrying out increasing numbers of skin cancer operations each year is warning children and adults about the dangers of too much sun this summer.
Resident doctors' industrial action – July 2025
Strike action by resident doctors (previously known as junior doctors) BMA members will take place at CUH from 7 am on Friday, 25 July until 7 am on Wednesday, 30 July 2025.
Faster, more accessible clinical trial initiative being piloted in pancreatic cancer
The PemOla precision medicine trial in pancreatic cancer is exploring a new way of running clinical trials that can help more patients to get treatment closer to home.
More UK patients to benefit from Cambridge prostate biopsy device
CamPROBE will now be more widely available for use across the UK for safer, more comfortable prostate biopsies