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Experts by Experience

Coproduction is a bit of a buzz word, not least in the healthcare sector. In short, it's where service providers and service users work together, as a team, towards a greater goal. When it works well every voice around the table is heard, respected, and valued, as one of our Parent Advocates, Kate, explains.

2 Jul 2025, 10 a.m.
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Sharing the Cambridge Children's Hospital vision with international audiences

Our vision for fully integrating the treatment of mental and physical health under one roof is capturing global attention. We have recently taken our pioneering approach to events in Europe, gathering interest and enthusiasm from international experts in children's healthcare.

27 Jun 2025, 10 a.m.
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Eating together can lead to better outcomes for children in hospital, evidence shows

The experience of eating and dining for patients and their families is core to the Cambridge Children’s Hospital vision for holistic care. As we continue to develop our plans, a study has revealed that social dining in hospital positively impacts children.

16 Jun 2025, 10:01 a.m.
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Why play is core to the Cambridge Children’s Hospital vision for holistic care

Play teams are some of the most important people on a children’s ward, providing therapeutic support during procedures, fun, and normality for patients and their families. This is why the Cambridge Children’s Hospital vision of holistic care is underpinned by play.

13 Jun 2025, 11 a.m.
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New Cambridge centre aims to transform physical and mental health of children with inflammatory bowel diseases

Over 100 children living with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis got the chance to try their hands at being a scientist at the official launch of the Cambridge Centre for Children’s Gut Health.

9 Jun 2025, 9:41 a.m.
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Launch of Cambridge Children’s Hospital Frontrunners programme for staff

Frontrunners is an innovative transformation programme designed to support staff to drive forward meaningful change in their current work environments while preparing for the transition to the new hospital.

6 Jun 2025, 11 a.m.
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Genomic research opens door to new treatments for childhood cancers

The genetics of Wilms tumour, a childhood kidney cancer, are more complex than previously thought, new genomic analysis shows.

29 May 2025, noon From: CUH
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Prestigious fellowship for children’s cancer specialist

The Academy of Medical Sciences has made Sam Behjati a Fellow in recognition of his work on improving diagnosis and treatments of childhood cancers.

22 May 2025, 5 p.m. From: CUH
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The importance of play in hospital

Themes of play and playfulness have been central to the architectural designs for Cambridge Children's Hospital. Play is a key part of our holistic approach to care, both to support wellbeing during treatment and distract from the hospital environment.

19 May 2025, 9:02 a.m.
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Trial of mental health ‘Lucy Booths’ inspired by Peanuts comic achieves improvement in quality of life for children and young people

A trial of a new mental health drop-in service for children attending paediatric settings around England shows significant reductions in emotional and behavioural difficulties and improved quality of life, with the cost of treatment reduced by half.

6 May 2025, noon
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Healthcare professionals further consider options for inpatient space at Cambridge Children’s Hospital

Cambridge Children’s Hospital has brought experts together for a second workshop on how one of the inpatient spaces in the new facility can support gaps in care provision.

30 Apr 2025, 2 p.m.
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Cambridge Children’s Hospital joins national network to prioritise children’s health

A delegation from the Children’s Hospital Alliance (CHA) met with clinicians and healthcare professionals from Cambridge Children’s Hospital last month, to share learning and expertise to develop this new world-first facility.

11 Apr 2025, 9:10 a.m.
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Being a sibling in hospital

Cambridge Children’s Hospital will support the whole family, not just the patient. Many siblings spend a lot of time in hospital with their brother or sister, or staying away with family or friends. Macie from our Youth Forum shares her ideas on how to make the experience as positive as possible.

10 Apr 2025, 10 a.m.
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Joe's story

Early diagnosis of a rare genetic condition allowed Joe’s family to get him the support he needed to thrive. Cambridge Children’s Hospital will embed genomics research into the heart of the hospital, working to improve outcomes for children with rare and complex conditions.

28 Feb 2025, 8 a.m.
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Bestselling author and broadcaster Rev. Richard Coles backs public appeal for Cambridge Children's Hospital

Bestselling author, 'I’m a Celebrity' finalist, and one half of the chart-topping 1980s band the Communards, Rev. Richard Coles has backed the public appeal to raise money for Cambridge Children’s Hospital.

20 Dec 2024, 9 a.m.
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Children and young people “dropped down the agenda” during Covid 19 pandemic

Almost 200,000 research studies on mental health impacts were carried out during the pandemic, but only 35 included children and young people, creating “a huge data gap”.

16 Dec 2024, 9 a.m.
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Working together to consider how Cambridge Children’s Hospital can support gaps in care provision

Cambridge Children’s Hospital hosted a workshop recently for commissioners, clinicians and the project team to look at options for one of the inpatient spaces within the new specialist facility.

13 Dec 2024, 2 p.m.
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How video technology is helping diagnose seizures in children closer to home

Harnessing the power of digital and telehealth technology to diagnose and treat patients closer to home is one of the pillars of Cambridge Children’s Hospital. Little Cain, from Peterborough, is already benefitting from this.

6 Dec 2024, 2:02 p.m.
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Expert panel in conversation about Cambridge Children’s Hospital vision for future of healthcare

The unique ambition of Cambridge Children’s Hospital was the topic of a panel discussion held in London recently. Around 60 people attended as part of an evening reception for the hospital’s fundraising campaign.

4 Dec 2024, 9 a.m.
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Volunteers bring flower power to Cambridge Children’s Hospital site

Thousands of daffodil bulbs have been planted along the front of the future Cambridge Children's Hospital site.

2 Dec 2024, 3 p.m.