In May 2022, the Cancer Directorate was awarded CHKS Accreditation.
CHKS (or the Caspe Healthcare Knowledge System) combines the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 with their own core standards, which cover the principles of healthcare delivery, including leadership, governance, and effective management; health, safety and risk; patient-centred care; quality improvement; staff development; and facilities and equipment. This comprehensive health and social care assurance and accreditation service aims to improve patient care. Additional discipline-specific standards are also applied to accredit specialties and provide reassurance to staff and patients that our practices and standards of care are aligned with other key cancer centres both nationally and internationally.
The specific standards we are accredited against include:
- Cancer Services
- Chemotherapy Service
- Teenage and Young People's Cancer Service
- Radiotherapy Service
Accreditation details
- Organisation: Cancer Directorate, Addenbrookes Hospital
- Accreditation: Awarded Accreditation to CHKS Health and Care Accreditation Standards
- Scope: This award covers systems and processes supporting the delivery of the services detailed as appropriate on the addendum to this certificate.
- Accreditation Standard: CHKS Standards for Health and Care Organisations, 2023
- Certificate Number: 1190
- Date of Issue: 16 July 2025
- Valid Until: 30 September 2027
- Signed by: Chair
- Issued by: CHKS Ltd, 11 Buckingham Street, London WC2N 6DF
Addendum
- The CHKS accreditation certificate affirms that all departments within Cancer Directorate, Addenbrooke's Hospital demonstrated at the time of the survey that the CHKS Healthcare Accreditation standards for organisational management and service delivery were fully met.
ISO 9001:2015 Certification
- Organisation: Cancer Directorate, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ
- Accreditation Body: CHKS Ltd
- Certification: ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System
- Scope: This award covers systems and processes supporting the delivery of the services detailed as appropriate on the addendum to this certificate.
- Standard Referenced: CHKS Standards for Health and Care Organisations, 2023
- Certificate Number: 1190
- Date of Issue: 16 July 2025
- Valid Until: 30 September 2027
- Issued by: CHKS Ltd, 11 Buckingham Street, London WC2N 6DF
- Signed by: Chair, Accreditation Awards Panel; Director, CHKS Ltd
Addendum
- Applies to: All departments within Cancer Directorate, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Rd, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ.
- Statement: Demonstrated compliance with ISO 9001:2015 quality standards for organisational management and service delivery at the time of survey.
