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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 - September 2024
An apprentice nurse who always helps others and a clinical scientist with a commitment to helping diagnose patients are our winners of the September You Made a Difference awards.
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Jonnie Peacock gives champion support to new children's ambulance service
Paralympian Jonnie Peacock is supporting a specialist ambulance service for babies and children, as it launches 24/7 in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
Emergency department manager receives top university award for work during Covid
Congratulations go to David Monk, CUH’s Operations Manager for Urgent and Unscheduled Care, whose hard work during the Covid pandemic has been recognised with a top award from the Open University.
Patient Stories: Vicky
During the pandemic Vicky has had two hip operations at Addenbrooke's alongside treatment for advanced breast cancer.
Early designs submitted for new children's hospital
Building the region’s first dedicated children’s hospital at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) took another step forward this week when early designs were submitted to Cambridge City Council.
Nurses join Covid survivor for world premiere
Addenbrooke’s nurses are to attend the world premiere of a unique choral piece based on diaries they wrote for a Covid patient while he fought for his life in intensive care.
Patient drug trial to improve recovery from heart attack
Researchers at Addenbrooke's are trialling a cancer drug which could improve the recovery of heart attack patients like Julian Hough.
Patients’ fragmented memories inspire Phil’s book
A hospital chaplain who spent hours chatting to patients with dementia was so moved - he turned their memories into poetry.
Glue ear headphones win parents’ praise
Researchers have given two Cambridge health trusts the thumbs up to an innovative device to help children with glue ear.
New life-changing treatment for sickle cell
The first treatment for sickle cell disease in over 20 years will soon be available to thousands of patients like Toks Odesanmi.
Ely hand clinic treats patients closer to home
Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge has opened a new hand clinic in Ely, enabling hundreds of East Cambridgeshire patients a year to be treated closer to home.
Fresh warning on dangers of swallowing mini toy magnets
A UK-wide study led by Addenbrooke’s has revealed how swallowing small ‘ball magnets' is potentially fatal for children.
Trust accredited as a Global Digital Exemplar
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) has today received formal accreditation from NHSX as a leading digital trust for completing all the requirements of the Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) programme.
Nurse Lauren is winner of prestigious national award
The Bowel Cancer UK charity has announced that Lauren McCrisken from Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, is a winner of the prestigious national Gary Logue Colorectal Cancer Nurse Awards.
You Made a Difference - September 2021
An heroic maintenance assistant with an outstanding work ethic and a senior sister who displays clinical excellence, care and compassion in the most difficult times are the winners of September’s You Made a Difference awards.
You Made a Difference team award - September 2021
A professional, compassionate and innovative team are the winners of September’s You Made a Difference team award.
New research to target advanced oesophagogastic cancer
An Addenbrooke’s doctor is leading a trial to find improved treatments for patients with advanced oesophagogastric (OG) cancer.
Call for 10,000 volunteers for UK breast cancer study
Eileen Hughes has signed up to an international trial, led in the UK by Addenbrooke’s, to test a more personalised way to screen for breast cancer and detect it sooner.
Nuru is royally rewarded for research success
An Addenbrooke’s Hospital doctor has won a prestigious award from the Royal College of Physicians' for his work in gastroenterology and clinical trials.
Increased children’s ambulance service keeps youngsters closer to home
Ambulances carrying life-support machines and specialist staff will transfer sick children and babies from across the region to intensive-care wards, in a new 24/7 service.
World first for AI machine learning to treat Covid patients
Addenbrooke’s along with 20 other hospitals from across the world have used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the oxygen needs of Covid patients, on a global scale.