Newsletter

We are delighted to share with you a special festive newsletter from the Cambridge Children's Hospital project. This issue includes updates from Project Director Alex White, our Head Nurses and our Co-Production Champions. There is a video summary of the amazing year we've had and you can find out more about the workshops we've been running through 2021. You can also read the stories of our young Press Packers, Sarah, Alisha, Macie and Hannah.

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We are very pleased to share with you the latest newsletter from the Cambridge Children's Hospital project. This issue includes an update from Project Director Alex White and news on how our patients and staff are involved in the design of the hospital. You can also read Liam's story, who was treated at CPFT's Darwin Centre, and shares his belief that a children's hospital dedicated to treating mental and physical health together will help reduce stigma for young people like him.

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Cambridge Children’s Hospital has launched a website to support its mission to provide care for children in a whole new way.

www.cambridgechildrens.org.uk will take the project though the next exciting phase of its development to build a children’s hospital for the east of England – currently the only region in the UK without one.

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Progress update

Expert international team appointed to design Cambridge Children's Hospital

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Cambridge Children's is more than a hospital. It is a whole new way of treating children across the east of England. 

We have spent the last 18 months working with partners across the region on plans for a specialist children’s hospital. Embedded with genomic and psychological research, it's a hospital we'll build from scratch designed to take care of the whole child integrating physical and mental health. We'll look at the whole picture, not just the illness. And we will lay healthy foundations for every child's whole life.

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Just over a year ago, Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, committed £100 million of public funding for a purpose-built children’s hospital in Cambridge, serving the east of England region – currently the only region in the UK without one.

Cambridge Children's aspires to be more than a hospital. We are seeking a visionary new approach to healthcare for young people across the east of England. We will treat the whole child, not just illnesses or conditions, using all the talent available across the region.

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