In the 1965-66 annual report a mention was made of a presentation of a communion set for the chapel: ‘During the year, the chapel received for communion services a silver and gilt paten, a silver wafer box and a pair of glass cruets with silver cross stoppers. They were presented to the hospital by Mrs …
Sir George Paget and Sir George Humphry
Many people remember the two busts that stood each side of the main entrance at the Old Site; they were moved to the Clinical School Library here on the Hills Road site, but are now on Level 3 of the main Hospital near the Theatres. The busts are of Sir George Paget and Sir George …
Staffing the new hospital
Following on from the weekly meetings held in July on the 4 August 1766 a General Board meeting was held. This was a very busy meeting and amongst the items discussed were the appointment of the apothecary, Mr Lefebvre. His salary was to be £25 a year with a gratuity of £5 if he behaved …
Intensive Care Unit on the ‘new site’
A few weeks ago I wrote about the original Intensive Care Unit (ICU) set up in The Old Site in 1959, known as the Blue Room. When the first stage of the new hospital opened in 1962 special care areas were created for neurosurgical and head injury patients, but other surgical or trauma patients were …
Official opening of Stage 2
On the 21 July 1973 Stage 2 was formally opened, although parts of it had been in use since November 1968, at a simple but moving ceremony in the courtyard outside the Accident Unit. This is the article about the ceremony from The Addenbrooke News of August 1973: ‘Mr Roger Parker, one time Chairman of …
Stage 2 Ward Block moves
It was 45 years ago this week that the surgical wards and paediatric department moved to the Stage 2 Ward Block here on Hills Road. This is the article about the moved from The Addenbrooke News of August 1973: ‘The Surgical wards moved on the 17th and 18th July and the paediatric department on the …
Addenbrooke’s first Intensive Care Unit
The original Intensive Care Unit, which was one of the earliest in the UK, was set up by Dr Leslie Cole, the senior physician, and Dr Harold Youngman, the senior anaesthetist; Sister Pat Mountford was in charge. Dr Jean Horton wrote, in an article from the 1992 the History of Anaesthesia Society’s Proceedings that in …
NHS@70 2008-2018
Today 5 July 2018 the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday. To mark the occasion we worked with the Cambridge Independent newspaper to produce articles, spread over seven weeks looking at each decade to examine how Cambridge University Hospitals – incorporating Addenbrooke’s and The Rosie Hospitals – developed into the world-famous organisation it is today. Today we are looking at 2008-2018
NHS@70 1998-2007
Today 5 July 2018 the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday. To mark the occasion we worked with the Cambridge Independent newspaper to produce articles, spread over seven weeks looking at each decade to examine how Cambridge University Hospitals – incorporating Addenbrooke’s and The Rosie Hospitals – developed into the world-famous organisation it is today. Today we are looking at 1998-2007
NHS@70 1988-1997
Today 5 July 2018 the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday. To mark the occasion we worked with the Cambridge Independent newspaper to produce articles, spread over seven weeks looking at each decade to examine how Cambridge University Hospitals – incorporating Addenbrooke’s and The Rosie Hospitals – developed into the world-famous organisation it is today. Today we are looking at 1988-1997 …
