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500 patients benefit from Trust’s life-saving robots
Addenbrooke’s three surgical robots have helped specialists carry out nearly 540 lifesaving or life altering operations in the last 12 months.
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Cutting-edge genomic test can improve care of children with cancer
Cambridge researchers say a genetic test offered by the NHS improved clinical care of children with cancer, and should be provided to all children with cancer.
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You Made a Difference - May 2024
A calm and confident clinical nurse specialist who made a huge difference to a patient’s breast cancer journey and a remarkable patient outcomes coordinator who has twice walked the circumference of the world for charity are our winners of the May You Mad
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Brave crash patient Emily is focus of final episode
The eighth and final episode of The Face Doctors filmed at Addenbrooke’s Hospital will air on Really at 9pm on Wednesday (3 July), with the full series available to stream on discovery+.
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Industrial action – 27 June – 02 July 2024
The British Medical Association (BMA) has confirmed further industrial action during June and July.
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Skull surgery offers hope for horror fall patient
The amazing story of a young man who fell from a hotel balcony causing a massive head injury is told in the seventh episode of The Face Doctors at 9pm this Wednesday (26 June), and available to stream via discovery+.
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Exercise challenge helps COVID-19 patients overseas
Members of Cambridge Global Health Partnerships (CGHP) are, quite literally, going the extra mile to help beat COVID-19 in low and middle income countries.
You Made a Difference - April to May 2020
A compassionate and dedicated intensive care nurse; an innovative ward clerk who goes above and beyond daily; a highly skilled advanced paediatric dietitian held in high esteem by colleagues and patients; and a compassionate consultant gastroenterologist
Sewing superheroes donate 350 sets of scrubs
Sewing superheroes have donated more than 350 sets of homemade scrubs to help out medical staff at Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie maternity hospitals.
Cancer study lands Imran Noorani a coveted award
An Addenbrooke’s Hospital clinician scientist has scooped an international award for cutting edge laboratory work that could help patients in their battle against cancer.
Cambridge study to trial widely used drug to protect healthcare staff from COVID-19
The PROLIFIC study (ChemoPROphyLaxIs For covId-19 infeCtious disease) aims to determine whether hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a widely used anti-malarial drug, is effective at preventing or reducing COVID-19 infection in frontline healthcare workers.
Medic goes from researching viruses to fighting them in the battle against COVID-19
Medic Ricky Sinharay has gone from researching viruses at the University of Cambridge, to actively fighting them – after taking up a volunteer post caring for COVID-19 patients.
National trial launched to find Covid-19 treatment
A new trial to prevent organ failure and death in Covid-19 patients is being launched led by clinicians and scientists in Cambridge, and at King’s College London.
Cambridge IVF leads way to restart fertility services
Cambridge IVF has become one of the first clinics in the country to be given the green light to fully restart fertility services – to the huge relief of patients.
Board of directors' meeting - 13 May 2020
Notes from the board of director's meeting held on 13 May 2020.
Consultant helps with COVID communications
A consultant working in A&E during the COVID-19 crisis has come up with a novel way of helping staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) identify themselves to patients.
Hospital consultants elected to prestigious academy
Two consultants at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been elected to a prestigious academic body, it was announced today (Wed 13 May).
Cambridge doctor’s ground-breaking app gives ventilated COVID-19 patients a voice
A ground-breaking new iPad app for ICU patients - trialed at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge - is transforming the experiences and wellbeing of critically ill COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Over 150 participants recruited to new COVID-19 research programme
A “library” of valuable biological samples from people with COVID-19, which will help scientists globally fight the virus, has recruited its 150th participant.
Cambridge University graduates help hospital prep for pandemic
Graduates from the University of Cambridge have been combining their skills with the latest simulation software to help Addenbrooke’s predict what resources – such as oxygen, ventilators and beds – it needs to get through the COVID crisis.
Testing suggests 3% of NHS hospital staff may be unknowingly infected with coronavirus
Hospital staff are carrying SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease, without realising they are infected, according to a study by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
Genetic analysis reveals new causes of Primary Immunodeficiency (PID)
A collaboration with NIHR has combined whole genome sequencing with a statistical program to predict the existence of disease-causing changes in the DNA of people with primary immunodeficiency.
Two schoolboys treated at Addenbrooke’s Hospital for cancer teach their family and friends how to cope with isolation during the coronavirus lockdown
Best buddies Oliver Doughty and Lucas Newton, both aged 12, were forced apart by cancer because their chemotherapy treatment left them prone to infection.
New ways of working help keep critically ill patients in touch with families
Staff from Addenbrooke’s hospital are taking innovative steps to help critically ill patients stay in touch with their loved ones during the coronavirus crisis.
COVID-19 survivor says he owes his life to staff at Addenbrooke’s
A plumber from Doddington says he owes his life to staff at Addenbrooke’s after nearly dying from COVID-19.
Hospital launches hunt for scrubs super-heroes
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched an appeal for scrubs to help supplement existing supplies.