Addenbrooke's Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Cambridge, England, with strong links to the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1766 on Trumpington Street with £4,500 from the will of Dr John Addenbrooke, a fellow of St Catharine's College. This building is now the Judge Business School. In 1976, the hospital moved to its present premises on the southern edge of the city, and is now part of the Cambridge Bio-Medical campus. For a long time, this site was known as New Addenbrooke's, and still is by people who worked in the old one. The Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the United Kingdoms thirty-two NHS Foundation Trusts. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 225 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Taken by the user, from the top of the multistory car park at Addenbrookes hospital. ... Cambridge Bio-Medical Campus, located in Cambridge, England, is one of the largest centres of health science and medical research in Europe. ... Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... , the information in this article describes the current English public health service. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... A university hospital is an institution which combines the services of a hospital with the education of medical students and with medical research. ... A university hospital is an institution which combines the services of a hospital with the education of medical students and with medical research. ... Cambridge University Medical School is the medical school of the University of Cambridge in England. ... The emergency department (ED), sometimes termed the emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW), accident & emergency (A&E) department or casualty department is a hospital or primary care department that provides initial treatment to patients with a broad spectrum of illnesses and injuries, some of which may be life-threatening and... The following is a partial list of currently operating hospitals in England, United Kingdom. ... A Teaching hospital is a hospital which provides medical training. ... Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... The University of Cambridge (usually abbreviated as Cantab. ... 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... John Addenbrooke (1680-1719) was an English medical doctor who left more than £4,500 in his will for the founding of a hospital for the poor. ... Full name Collegium sive aula D. Catharinæ in Universitate Cantabrigiensi Motto   For the wheel! (unofficial) Named after St Catharine of Alexandria Previous names Katharine Hall (1473-1860) Established 1473 Sister College(s) Worcester College Master Prof. ... Judge Business School in Cambridge, UK, is the international business school of Cambridge University, England. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Cambridge Bio-Medical Campus, located in Cambridge, England, is one of the largest centres of health science and medical research in Europe. ...

The clinical school

The hospital is run by the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which is not a part of Cambridge University. However, there is close co-operation between the two organisations, and the University's medical school is also based on the Addenbrooke's site. The clinical school graduates approximately 140 new doctors every year. This is approximately half the total number of pre-clinical students who enter the University of Cambridge medical school (the remaining students usually continue their studies in either London or Oxford). The clinical course has recently increased in length from 2.5 to 3 years (to fall in alignment with other UK clinical courses and changes in postgraduate medical training) Cambridge University Medical School is the medical school of the University of Cambridge in England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

The Addenbrooke's site

In recent years, the Addenbrooke's site has almost become a self-contained town. The hospital has its own airport-style shopping concourse (part of which remains open till late), food court, sports centre, and accommodation units. The shopping concourse was a notable first, being opened in 1989 and extensively refurbished and extended in 1999. Many more research organisations are now moving in too, as Addenbrooke's continues to evolve into a fully-fledged biotechnology campus. Cambridge Bio-Medical Campus, located in Cambridge, England, is one of the largest centres of health science and medical research in Europe. ...

Services

Addenbrooke's provides a full range of clinical services, with the exception of cardiothoracic surgery, which is provided at the nearby Papworth Hospital. Psychiatric services are split between Addenbrooke's and Fulbourn Hospital. Addenbrooke's is a tertiary referral centre for a number of specialities. Of note, it is one of the UK's six liver transplant centres and performs multivisceral transplants. It is a busy regional neurosurgical centre and has the largest neurological intensive care unit of its kind in Europe. It is also a centre of excellence for renal services, bone marrow transplantation, cleft lip and palate reconstruction, treatment of rare cancers, medical genetics, and paediatrics. It has 24 operating theatres, and in addition to the neurological critical care unit it also has an adult, a paediatric, and a neonatal intensive care service, and several high-dependency areas (adult, transplant, surgical, coronary care). The Rosie Maternity Hospital is attached to Addenbrooke's, and provides a full range of women's and maternity services. Papworth Hospital is a world famous heart transplant hospital in Cambridgeshire, England. ... Fulbourn Hospital was built as the Asylum for Cambridgeshire, the Isle of Ely and the Borough of Cambridge in 1858 between Fulbourn and Cherry Hinton. ...

In 2006, Addenbrooke's had 1,087 beds, 5,400 members of staff, and a budget of £304 million. It treated approximately 60,000 visits to Accident & Emergency, 55,000 inpatients stays, and 370,000 outpatient clinic visits.

Ward services include the following (numbers refer to floors, with the ground floor being level 2), in rough :

There are three theatre blocks (neurosurgery, main theatres, Rosie obstetric theatres) and a fourth under construction (Addenbrooke's Treatment Centre).

Outpatient services include:

Transport

The large site is served by a busy bus station, located on its gateway roundabout, with up to 60 buses arriving there every hour. A cycle lane serving the Long Road area has just been recently opened. Transport remains something of a problem due to the sheer volume of people arriving each day. Parking is increasingly restricted, as former car parks are being built on, and staff, patients and visitors are encouraged to travel in by bus or bike.

Open day

The hospital holds a free open day every two years allowing members of the public to visit areas of the hospital which would usually be inaccessible. The tours are colour coded according to the areas of the hospital they involve. Some of the tours available include: A color code is a system for displaying information by using different colors. ...

• The Basement Tour (Blue) - Takes place on a moving tug in the basement service corridors, and involves listening to various facts about the hospital buildings and equipment.
• The Mortuary Tour (Red) - Involves a visit to the hospital's mortuary, with information about the various processes used after death.
• The Pathology Tour (Purple) - A tour of the pathology laboratories, learning about the causes and treatments of disease.
• The Sky Tour (Light Blue) - Takes place on the hospital roof, mainly giving information about the surrounding buildings and services.
• The Theatre Tour (Green) - Involves a visit to one of the operating theatres, learning about the procedures and equipment used during surgery.

The next open day is scheduled for Saturday 17th May 2008. A mortuary is a cold chamber used to keep the deceased from seriously decomposing; this practice exists for the sake of recognition of the deceased and to allow time to prepare for burial. ... An operating theatre or operating room is a room within a hospital within which surgical operations are carried out. ...

Aborted babies controversy

In 2006 the Daily Mail claimed the hospital had been using their main incinerator to burn aborted foetuses younger than 24 weeks. Those older than 24 weeks were disposed of at a crematorium. The Daily Mail is a British, tabloid newspaper, first published in 1896. ... An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. ... Cremation is the practice of disposing of a corpse by burning. ...

Dr Anthony Russell, Bishop of Ely, was quoted as saying "I am sorry to know this is the practice currently being adopted by the hospital. I recognise there is a wide range of responses to this issue, but believe the disposal of foetuses should be undertaken reverently and with dignity." [1] Dr Anthony Russell (born 1943) was educated at Uppingham School, St Chads College, Durham University and Trinity College Oxford, where he gained a DPhil. ...

See also

• Cambridge Bio-Medical campus
• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Donald MacAlister
• University of Cambridge Medical School

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External links

• Addenbrooke's Hospital
• University of Cambridge pages about the Addenbrooke's site
• The Medical School