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Our staff are what make our hospitals special.

We have over 12,000 members of staff – each contributing to the safe, kind and excellent care we provide to our patients.

Martin Badcock

My CUH Story - Martin Badcock

Meet Martin, capital backlog programme manager

Katie Sell standing outside with flowers behind her

My CUH Story - Katie Sell

Meet Katie, sustainability manager, with a focus on making CUH net-zero by 2040.

Jo Barnett

My CUH Story - Jo Barnett

Meet Jo, a shift leader in our Contact Centre

James Wimbury

My CUH Story – James Wimbury

As part of Diabetes Awareness Week (12-18 June 2023) we spoke to advanced specialist diabetes and neuroendocrine dietitian, James Wimbury. James works in our Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic (WDEC), he also has type 1 diabetes himself. Here James shares his CUH story.

Neil is smiling at the camera. He has cropped short light brown hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a light purple shirt, open at the collar

My CUH Story - Armed Forces Week - Neil McKie

Members of the armed forces community are being reminded of the career opportunities and wider support available at CUH during Armed Forces Week, 20-26 June 2022. We recognise the importance of supporting our armed forces community, charities and other related organisations.

Merlin Sam, senior cardiac physiologist

My CUH Story - Merlin Sam

Merlin Sam shares her journey into cardiac physiology with us.

Catherine Barlow - My CUH Story

MY CUH Story - Catherine Barlow

As part of the International Day of the Midwife we asked Catherine Barlow, lead midwife, about her 16 years working at CUH.

Taslima is wearing a beige and brown spotty top and a brown hijab covers her dark hair. She is smiling broadly at the camera and has a nose ring.

My CUH Story - Taslima Begum-Miah

Taslima works as a healthcare assistant on Ward L4 here at CUH. We talked to her as part of our Eid celebrations.

Nikki, Marie and Gail

My CUH Story – Marie Dunderdale

Marie Dunderdale has worked for the NHS for 33 years, 23 of which have been as a Health Care Assistant at CUH. Here Marie tells us about her time at CUH.

Elaine Chapman lead nurse in cancer

My CUH Story – Elaine Chapman

Elaine spoke to us as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Elaine is Lead Advisory Nurse for the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, who has dyslexia, and this is her CUH story.

Matt Cotton, Medical Laboratory Assistant, Pathology

My CUH Story – Matt Cotton

Matt, a medical laboratory assistant in pathology, who is an autistic person (Autistic Spectrum Disorder, or ASD) spoke to us as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week.

Craig Jamieson

My CUH Story – Craig Jamieson

Craig spoke to us as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Craig is a medical device safety and quality officer, based in Clinical Engineering who was diagnosed as autistic quite recently, and this is his CUH story.

Lina Solanki

My CUH Story - Lina Solanki

Lina Solanki has worked in sterile services for 25 years - read her My CUH Story about what has changed in the department in that time.

Georgia Slade

My CUH Story - Georgia Slade

Read paediatric clinical specialist practitioner Georgia Slade's story as Children's Mental Health Week 2023 closes.

Julie Crawforth

My CUH Story - Julie Crawforth

Meet counselling practitioner Julie Crawforth who shares more about her role for Children's Mental Health Week 2023.

Rob Bode - mental health nurse

My CUH Story - Rob Bode

Rob Bode, manager of the paediatric psychological medicine team at CUH, shares his story during Children's Mental Health Week.

Graham Knighton

My CUH Story - Graham Knighton

Clinical scientist Graham Knighton shares more about his work in tissue typing for organ transplants, following the Surgeons: At the Edge of Life programme.

Kieren Allinson

My CUH Story - Kieren Allinson

The Research Lead for the Cambridge Brain Bank Kieren Allinson shares his My CUH Story, following the episode of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life.

Annelies Quaegebeur

My CUH Story - Annelies Quaegebeur

After featuring in the BBC2 Surgeons: At the Edge of Life series, Clinical Lead for the Cambridge Brain Bank, Annelies Quaegebeur shares her My CUH Story.

Ian Dixon smiling towards the camera.

My CUH Story - Ian Dixon

We spoke to Ian Dixon, engineering manager for the Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC), working for estates and facilities. He told us his story as part of Disability History Month 2022.