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We have over 12,000 members of staff – each contributing to the safe, kind and excellent care we provide to our patients.

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My CUH Story – Marie Dunderdale

Marie Dunderdale has worked for the NHS for 33 years, 23 of which have been as a Health Care Assistant at CUH. Here Marie tells us about her time at CUH.

Elaine Chapman lead nurse in cancer

My CUH Story – Elaine Chapman

Elaine spoke to us as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Elaine is Lead Advisory Nurse for the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, who has dyslexia, and this is her CUH story.

Matt Cotton, Medical Laboratory Assistant, Pathology

My CUH Story – Matt Cotton

Matt, a medical laboratory assistant in pathology, who is an autistic person (Autistic Spectrum Disorder, or ASD) spoke to us as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week.

Craig Jamieson

My CUH Story – Craig Jamieson

Craig spoke to us as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Craig is a medical device safety and quality officer, based in Clinical Engineering who was diagnosed as autistic quite recently, and this is his CUH story.

Lina Solanki

My CUH Story - Lina Solanki

Lina Solanki has worked in sterile services for 25 years - read her My CUH Story about what has changed in the department in that time.

Georgia Slade

My CUH Story - Georgia Slade

Read paediatric clinical specialist practitioner Georgia Slade's story as Children's Mental Health Week 2023 closes.

Julie Crawforth

My CUH Story - Julie Crawforth

Meet counselling practitioner Julie Crawforth who shares more about her role for Children's Mental Health Week 2023.

Rob Bode - mental health nurse

My CUH Story - Rob Bode

Rob Bode, manager of the paediatric psychological medicine team at CUH, shares his story during Children's Mental Health Week.

Graham Knighton

My CUH Story - Graham Knighton

Clinical scientist Graham Knighton shares more about his work in tissue typing for organ transplants, following the Surgeons: At the Edge of Life programme.

Kieren Allinson

My CUH Story - Kieren Allinson

The Research Lead for the Cambridge Brain Bank Kieren Allinson shares his My CUH Story, following the episode of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life.

Annelies Quaegebeur

My CUH Story - Annelies Quaegebeur

After featuring in the BBC2 Surgeons: At the Edge of Life series, Clinical Lead for the Cambridge Brain Bank, Annelies Quaegebeur shares her My CUH Story.

Ian Dixon smiling towards the camera.

My CUH Story - Ian Dixon

We spoke to Ian Dixon, engineering manager for the Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC), working for estates and facilities. He told us his story as part of Disability History Month 2022.

Alex Montgomery smiling towards the left of the camera.

My CUH Story - Alex Montgomery

Alex Montgomery, administrator for the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) team, tells us his My CUH Story as part of Disability History Month 2022.

Sophie Phillips

My CUH Story - Sophie Phillips

Sophie, a speech and language therapist at CUH, tells us her CUH story.

Chloe has shoulder length, brown, braided hair. She wears metal rimmed glasses and gold stud earrings. She is wearing a black sleeveless top and her NHS lanyard.

My CUH Story - Chloe Giles

Chloe Giles, PA to Division A head of nursing and deputy head of nursing, shares her My CUH Story.

Mark Barwick

My CUH Story - Mark Barwick

Mark Barwick, occupational therapy support worker, shares his CUH story about being part of the occupational therapy (OT) team.

Hannah Donald

My CUH Story - Hannah Donald

As the adult critical care service Transfer celebrates its first birthday, lead nurse Hannah Donald shares her My CUH Story.

Juliette is wearing a dark navy uniform with yellow edging. She has short blond hair, worn in a side parting, with a pale pink streak at the front. She is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a yellow name badge and has two pens in her top pocket.

My CUH story - Juliette Buttimore

Juliette Buttimore, lead skull base & NF2 nurse practitioner, and co-clinical lead for the NF2 Eastern region, shares her My CUH Story.

Jackie has very long dark brown hair. She is smiling widely and is wearing a white t-shirt and black dungarees.

My CUH Story - Jaqueline Pires

Jaqueline Pires is a trainee biomedical scientist. She is one of three CUH finalists at the 2022 Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards.

Mrityunjaya has short dark hair and he is smiling widely at the camera. He is wearing traditional dress which is beige check, as well as a scarf around his neck. He is stood in front of a gazebo draped in yellow and orange garlands.

My CUH Story - Mrityunjaya Billur

Mrityunjaya Billur is a diabetes specialist nurse here at CUH. Also known as Jay, we talked to him as part of our Diwali celebrations.