Addenbrooke's Hospital
Research and Development
The Rosie Hospital
We are seeing a rise in the number of cases of norovirus (winter vomitng bug). Visiting restrictions are in place.
Do you remember the Queen's visit to "New Addenbrooke's" in 1962?
We would like to hear from anyone who can share their experience of the royal visit. Were you there? Did you see the Queen?
Blood donors required for studies on white blood cell function
Linsey Porter, a PhD student within the dept of Medicine, is recruiting for volunteers who are willing to donate between 80-240ml of blood for studies on white blood cell function.
Crohn's and colitis service open day
Come and join the team to find out more about Crohn's and colitis and how the service at Addenbrooke's can help and support both you and your family.
New partnership signals better access to life-saving stem cell treatment
NHS patients with diseases such as leukaemia, lymphoma and sickle-cell anaemia will benefit from better access to potentially life-saving therapy thanks to a new partnership.
Addenbrooke's A&E rated as 'best performing' in study
29 September, 2008
Addenbrooke’s has been rated as “best performing" for urgent and emergency care.
The hospital was graded as part of a study of services in the NHS Cambridgeshire area.
Ambulance services, A&E, out-of-hours GP services, NHS Direct, urgent care provided by GPs and urgent care centres were included in the review.
Nationally, NHS Cambridgeshire was among the best areas rated by independent watchdog the Care Quality Commission.
Overall, the review found the majority of services in England are performing well, with 60 per cent of PCT areas scoring the top two ratings. Of those, 33 per cent of local areas are rated as “best performing" (41 areas), 22 per cent were “fair performing" (33 areas) and 18 per cent were “least well performing (28 areas).
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