Medical help – cracking advice for Easter!
Cambridgeshire University Hospitals is urging residents to familiarise themselves with the medical help that’s available over the Easter holiday – and only come to A&E if it’s an accident or emergency.
Elective surgery restarted at Cambridge University Hospitals
Cambridge University Hospitals has restarted elective surgery, including cancer operations, as pressures on bed capacity eased slightly this morning.
Research boosts prostate cancer battle
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) has developed a new five-tier model that will help consultants better counsel and treat the rising tide of prostate cancer patients.
Fundraising Mae is a little angel
A child who is battling back from treatment for a brain tumour has teamed up with her nana to raise money to help other children going through similar journeys.
Joshua Tarrant Trust helps Brainbow shine on
A rehabilitation service which provides vital support for children with brain tumours has been given another major boost.
Hospital governor role is chance to ‘give back’
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) is looking for volunteers to take on an important role in helping shape its future.
Partners pioneer nurse apprentice plan
Cambridge University Hospitals has teamed up with partners Anglia Ruskin University to help beat the national nursing shortage.
Help your hospital manage norovirus and flu
Cambridge University Hospitals, which runs Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie, is urging the public to stay away due to increased cases of norovirus and flu in the hospital.
Trust’s cancer fight gets equipment boost
Cambridge University Hospitals’ battle to help cancer patients from all over East Anglia is getting a multi-million pound boost.
Award winning Paul scoops another top honour
A well-known Cambridge University Hospitals’ clinical scientist has been selected for a prestigious role by NHS England.
Digital project for Addenbrooke’s patients gets National Lottery boost
An innovative project has been launched with National Lottery funding, teaching digital skills to teenage and adult cancer patients at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
Tom’s meditation app is world first
A Cambridge University Hospital doctor has created the first high-tech app of its kind to help master the ancient art of meditation.
Trust birthday hits chord with patients
A hospital trust which last month delighted patients with poetry ‘prescriptions’ is this month treating them to a dose of ‘medicinal music’.
Drop-in session boost for would-be parents
A famous NHS clinic, which organised drop-in evenings for worried would-be parents after funding for IVF treatment was cut, says they were such a success it is to hold them indefinitely.
Raising awareness of baby loss
Cambridge University Hospitals fully supports Baby Loss Awareness Week, which runs from 09 to 15 October 2017. A difficult subject which is often overlooked, Rosie bereavement midwife Selina Halsall Crowgey talks about her work supporting families through the loss of a baby and why raising awareness is so important.
Health and well-being to be at the heart of Northstowe
A partnership between CUH, the Homes and Community Agency and South Cambridgeshire District Council is one of only 10 winners announced today in an innovation programme putting health at the heart of new neighbourhoods and towns across the country.
Cambridge Neuromuscular Service wins national award for ‘outstanding’ care
The Addenbrooke’s Neuromuscular Service at Cambridge University Hospital has today received a national award in recognition of its ‘outstanding’ care for people with muscular dystrophy and related neuromuscular conditions.
New hope for people who suffer with IBD with the launch of a major new research resource
People with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are being asked to take part in a nationwide genetic database to help develop new treatments.
Pathology training centre launched to meet growing demand
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) has launched a new service to train current and future healthcare professionals in administering blood and other clinical tests to meet the growing demand in the community.
Ovarian cancer study paves the way for personalised medicine
East Anglian women have been the first to benefit from clinical research undertaken by a consultant clinical geneticist from CUH Addenbrooke’s.
Cambridge University Hospitals appoints new chief executive
Roland Sinker has been appointed as the new chief executive of Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust.
Cambridge University Hospitals top in the Eastern region for research activity
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is top in the Eastern region and has made the UK’s top ten NHS organisations for research-activity, according to the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) League Tables published on the Guardian website today.
CUH nurse scoops study grant to develop app to help intensive care patients communicate
A Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) research nurse has won a prestigious study grant to improve the care of patients on intensive care units by developing the use of an app to help them communicate.
Splint to protect ‘funny bone’ nerve wins healthcare innovation competition
A CUH consultant has won an award to develop a splint to protect the ulnar nerve, commonly called the ‘funny bone’. Dr Andrew Michell is one of the two winners of the latest Health Enterprise East Innovation competition.
Rosie midwife delivers couple’s four babies
The arrival of Catherine and Daniel Fox’s fourth baby, Albie, was made even more special by having Anita Walsh deliver their baby. The Rosie midwife has delivered all four of the Fox’s sons over the past 11 years and the couple said they couldn’t have asked for anything better.