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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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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.
Research staff begin working on new COVID-19 study
Research staff from NIHR Cambridge Clinical Research Facility (CRF) are being deployed onto the wards at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) to start using a new test for a research trial into COVID-19.
Adapted care for cancer patients due to COVID-19
The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre and six other leading European cancer centres share knowledge and experiences to define new guidelines for treating cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Patients and visitors Finding us Services For health professionals Infection control Have your say Working for us Accessibility Contact us Cambridge researchers develop new coronavirus test for frontline NHS workers at Addenbrooke’s
A new test for infection with SARS-CoV2 that which inactivates the virus at the point of sampling, has been developed by a team of researchers at the Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID).
Cambridge engineers use industrial modelling techniques to help Addenbrooke’s Hospital manage COVID-19 care
Modelling tools originally designed to improve the efficiency of factories are being used by Cambridge engineers to help Addenbrooke’s Hospital manage the COVID-19 emergency.
Rapid COVID-19 diagnostic test developed by Cambridge team to be deployed in hospitals
A new rapid diagnostic test for COVID-19, developed by a University of Cambridge spinout company and capable of diagnosing the infection in under 90 minutes, is being deployed at Cambridge hospitals, ahead of being launched in hospitals nationwide.
You Made a Difference team award - March 2020
A hard-working, adaptable patient-facing team are the winners of March’s You Made a Difference team award
You Made a Difference - March 2020
March's You Made a Difference winners are a lead consultant neurophysiologist and a ward clerk.
Announcement of COVID-19 related death
Statement from 29 March 2020: “We can confirm that sadly, a patient in their 90s with underlying health conditions has passed away at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. They had tested positive for COVID-19."
First CUH patient in national Covid-19 Trial
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has today (Friday, 27 March) enrolled its first patient into a national trial aimed at identifying treatments for Covid-19.
Team effort achieves accreditation
Cambridge University Hospitals, as part of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, has achieved re-accreditation by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI) as a Comprehensive Cancer Centre for a further five years.
COVID-19 research studies at CUH
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic Cambridge University Hospitals has put in place measures to help researchers and research infrastructure deliver COVID-19 studies.
Postponing non-essential outpatient activity
Due to the increasing pressures caused by coronavirus (COVID-19) and the need to ensure that the maximum possible inpatient and critical care capacity is available.
Update on clinical research during the COVID-19 outbreak
As part of our response to COVID-19, some of our research activity will need to change. We are reviewing all of our clinical research with Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) and the University of Cambridge.
Hospital seeks governors to help it shape the future of healthcare locally
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is seeking people from all backgrounds and ethnicities who have a passion for healthcare and their local communities to stand for election onto its council of governors.