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Young people from the East of England invited to join award-winning youth forums and shape future children’s hospital
Have you spent time in hospital or mental health services as a child or young person? Are you a sibling who has supported a poorly brother or sister? Are you passionate about children's healthcare?
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Construction partner appointed for new Cambridge Children’s Hospital
Work to build the first specialist children's hospital for the East of England has reached a new milestone, with the appointment of a construction partner.
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Cambridge experts in parliament advocating for neuro rehabilitation for children with Acquired Brain Injury
An exemplar model of care that illustrates the Cambridge Children’s Hospital ambition of a ‘whole child’ approach, with care closer to home, is influencing the development of a UK-wide Acquired Brain Injury strategy.
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Cambridge Children's Hospital wins prestigious award for academic and industry collaboration
Cambridge Children's Hospital wins prestigious award for academic and industry collaboration for the Innovation Hub providing ultrafast whole genome sequencing
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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.
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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.
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Cambridge researchers launch national DNA research programme
Cambridge researchers launch the world’s first national childhood DNA health research programme, to help transform healthcare for children and young people.
Our NHS staff provide valuable insights for signature artist
Amalia Pica is developing an artistic 'language' for Cambridge Children's Hospital.
Prime Minister visits Addenbrooke's Hospital
Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, visited Addenbrooke's Hospital and met some of our staff today as part of the launch of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
BBC celebrates NHS's 75th Birthday
In case you missed it, BBC2 Newsnight and Radio 5 Live broadcast live from Addenbrooke's Hospital last night to mark the NHS's 75th Birthday, featuring children and young people singing for Cambridge Children's Hospital.
Connecting with communities: Our approach to regional engagement
Listening and learning from those who know best is helping us in our work to build CCH.
From hospital to home: Supporting children and young people with Acquired Brain Injury
Our vision for Cambridge Children’s Hospital is to be ‘a hospital without walls’. This means, where appropriate, a child or young person will be cared for in their own community, close to friends, family and school.
Leading artist powers creativity at new children’s hospital
Artist, Amelia Pica, is helping to shape how the region’s first children’s hospital will look and feel.
Cambridge Children's nurses attend Florence Nightingale service
Our project's lead nurses attended a special celebration service to commemorate the life of Florence Nightingale at St Paul's Cathedral, London on Tuesday 16 May.
Cambridge Children’s Hospital Update May 2023
Meet our project's lead nurses
Vicky-Amiss Smith, Joanna Carr and Emma Goodchild are our Lead Nurses for Cambridge Children’s Hospital.
Young people and parents join us in London for a special design workshop
Talking about mental health at Luton Sixth Form College
As the first specialist children's hospital for the East of England, it's important that the feedback we gather reflects the views of children and young people from all over the region. Their experiences of mental health and physical healthcare may be very different, depending on where they live.
Rory's story: finding answers by genetic testing
Little Rory Cross is one of only 14 people in the world with Chitayat syndrome, a very rare genetic disease diagnosed only after genomic sequencing.
Genomics study diagnoses thousands of children with rare disorders
An Addenbrooke’s consultant is playing a key role in a UK study, revealing genetic causes for rare developmental disorders in 5,500 children and helping to improve diagnosis worldwide.
A visit to Sweden
Building a new children’s hospital is all about listening and learning, from children and families, the staff that care for them, and other hospitals, here and overseas.
Integrating food into the life of Cambridge Children’s Hospital
We are developing a ‘whole hospital’ approach to food. Having a blank canvas to work from allows us to be visionary in our work and in our planning.
Chloe's story: cancer, lockdown and me
Teenager Chloe Drew-Batty was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma during the Covid lockdown. Her cancer journey has now given her the confidence to launch a singing career.
Childbirth pain relief study reveals inequalities for BAME mothers
Addenbrooke’s Hospital is helping with research that highlights inequalities in pain relief and anaesthesia for women of black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds.
The importance of mind-body integration
The vision of Cambridge Children’s Hospital to treat mental and physical health together, alongside research, is pioneering. But what does that really look like and why is it important? For Children’s Mental Health Week, consultant psychiatrist Dr Isobel Heyman, our co-clinical lead for mental health, reflects on key moments in her 30 year career where the mind-body link has been most apparent.
Let's Connect: Children's Mental Health Week
Young people from across the region involved in the Cambridge Children's Hospital project have been talking about what helps boost their mental wellbeing for Children's Mental Health week.