Addenbrookes Hospital

Name :

Addenbrookes Hospital

Address  :

Hills Road


Town  :

Cambridge

State  :

Cambridgeshire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

CB2 2QQ

Phone  :

01223 245151

Web URL  :

Addenbrookes Hospital
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Cytology
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Gastro-enterology
  • Kidney Transplantation and Expanded Dialysis Unit
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Urology
Facilities

Speciality Type :

Super Speciality :

  • Neuro Surgical
  • Cancer
  • Neprology
  • Eye-Retinal Surgery
  • Neurology
  • Urology
  • Interventional Radiology

Other Facilities

  • Pathology

Description

Cambridge University Hospitals one of the first Foundation Trusts is a 1000 bed teaching hospital one of the Governments new biomedical research centres with a worldclass research reputation whilst also providing acute and specialist services for our local and regional population

What makes Cambridge University Hospitals stand out from the other hospitals in the United Kingdom

Worldclass research in cancer neurosciences genetics diabetes and transplant medicine partnership with Cambridge University and the Medical Research Council from which stems 12 Nobel Laureates leadingedge clinical care our partnership with a worldrenowned medical school and the quality expertise and commitment of the people who work at the Trust

One of the largest and best known hospitals in the country our name is synonymous with excellence giving us a national and international reputation

These are the essential elements of our character However what takes us a step further is our philosophy of care which explores smarter more efficient ways of working and which puts our patients at the centre of this care

All this gives the Trust expertise vision and diversity in a service which seeks to innovate and strives for excellence in delivering firstclass healthcare


History

1766 2007The Trust may be a household name today but it is also a hospital with a history In 1719 Dr John Addenbrooke a fellow and former bursar of St Catharines College left pound4500 in his will for a hospital to be built in Cambridge One of the first provincial voluntary hospitals in Britain Addenbrookes first opened its doors in 1766 in Trumpington Street in Cambridge with just 20 beds and 11 patients

During the 18th and 19th centuries the hospital grew rapidly as medical science developed By the 1950s the hospital was having difficulty accommodating the expansion generated by the introduction of the National Health Service and in the early 1960s the hospital began a staged move to its present 66acre campus in Hills Road on the southern outskirts of Cambridge

The first stage of the hospital development on the Hills Road campus was opened by the Queen in 1962 and from that day onwards the hospital has continued to grow
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