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CUH Annual Awards 2024 - winners announced!
The winners of the Cambridge University Hospitals Annual Awards 2024 were announced at a special ceremony held on Thursday 21 November to celebrate and recognise around 200 staff members shortlisted from 1,900 nominations.
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Safety conscious Trust staff back THIS film
Staff at Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie maternity hospital are supporting an organisation dedicated to improving quality and safety in healthcare.
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Trust backs international cancer study aided by ‘super survivors’
Addenbrooke’s is to take a leading role in a study aimed at unlocking the secrets of why some cancer patients survive longer than others.
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Trust scientist scoops award for pioneering TB research
A medical researcher and honorary consultant at Addenbrooke’s Hospital today receives a top prize in Berlin for her pioneering research on tuberculosis.
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Researchers’ breakthrough in fight against testicular cancer
Researchers have made an important step forward in the fight against testicular cancer - one of the most common cancers in young men with rates rising globally.
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You Made A Difference team award - September 2024
The September You Made a Difference team award goes to a team who worked relentlessly to reduce waiting times to enable the reinstatement of UKAS accreditation – our histopathology lab team.
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Medicine for Members: Prostate cancer - a cancer pandemic of the modern era
Find out about the common myths of prostate cancer symptoms, the complexity of decision making once diagnosed and its growing economic and resource burden.
CUH gardens – caring for our planet, patients and staff
Gardeners at Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie have created beautiful green spaces amongst the hospital buildings, re-wilding areas and nurturing pollinator-friendly plants to create a happier, healthier environment for patients, staff and nature.
CUH nursing and midwifery awards 2023
Congratulations to our award winning nurses and midwives, nominated by their colleagues for their excellence, kindness and patient safety to mark International Nurses' Day.
International Nurses Day: Meet Elaine Chapman
Elaine Chapman is the Lead Advisory Nurse for Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, the new specialist cancer hospital for the East of England.
Meet our project's lead nurses
Vicky-Amiss Smith, Joanna Carr and Emma Goodchild are our Lead Nurses for Cambridge Children’s Hospital.
Obesity reduces Covid vaccination immunity
Research involving Addenbrooke's patients has found that protection offered by Covid vaccination declines more rapidly in people with severe obesity.
The first of seven new electric tugs delivered
The new vehicles will be used to move heavy loads like laundry and clinical waste, operating along more than two miles of service corridors beneath Addenbrooke's and the Rosie.
Dance helped me tackle cancer
Krishna Zivraj-Nair, who was treated for breast cancer at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, is now dedicating her life to dance, after being told she was cancer-free.
International Day of the Midwife
As part of the International Day of the Midwife we asked Catherine Barlow, lead midwife, about her 16 years working at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Milestone reached in pioneering brain cancer trial
More than 140 brain cancer patients have benefitted from a landmark NHS testing and treatment programme being trialled at Addenbrooke's, using the latest innovations in genomics and cancer research.
Industrial action
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has confirmed that industrial action, in the form of strike action, will take place at CUH from 20:00 on Sunday 30 April – 20:00 on Tuesday 02 May.
CUH healthcare support workers recognised in national awards
We were delighted to welcome Catherine Morgan, chief nurse for the East of England, to Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) this week to honour two members of our nursing team with the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Award.
Levi’s story: recovering from a traumatic brain injury
Former fitness instructor Levi Rimmer received a serious head injury in a car accident when she was 24 years-old. Her life was saved by the neuro-rehabilitation specialist team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, whose combined skills have helped Levi rebuild her life.
Nyarai's story: A privilege to be a Cancer CNS
Nyarai Chinyama is a specialist cancer nurse at Addenbrooke’s who looks after patients with stomach and oesophageal cancer, as well as complex non-cancerous tumours.
Improvement in treating brain haemorrhages
A major international trial involving Addenbrooke's has found that surgeons treating a form of brain haemorrhage should replace sections of the skull removed during surgery, rather than carry out reconstruction at a later date.
Pioneering needle-free Covid vaccine begins trials
Volunteers are being recruited to take part in Cambridge trials of a revolutionary new needle-free vaccine - to protect against the virus that causes Covid and related coronaviruses.
Nurse Mel nominated as the ‘public choice’
A neonatal intensive care (NICU) nurse is the latest to be nominated in the “public choice” section of this year’s CUH Annual Awards, run in partnership with the Cambridge Independent newspaper.
New CUH Directions phone app helps patients find the way
Patients have led the way in a project to make it easier to navigate your way around Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie hospitals.
Cambridge winners in Microbiology Society awards
Two Addenbrooke’s experts who led the fight against COVID-19 are to be presented with prestigious awards at a major national conference this week.
Rory's story: finding answers by genetic testing
Little Rory Cross is one of only 14 people in the world with Chitayat syndrome, a very rare genetic disease diagnosed only after genome sequencing.