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| Type | Local Hospital |
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| Opened | 1766 |
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| Website | http://www.addenbrookes.org.uk Addenbrooke's |
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. For a long time, this site was known as New Addenbrooke's, and still is by people who worked in the old one.
The Addenbrooke's Site
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 medical school graduates approximately 120 new doctors every year (around half the total number of pre-clinical students, since the others complete their studies in London or Oxford).
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.(See Section Below)
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.
The Biomedical Campus
Plans are currently under way to expand the Addenbrooke's site to almost double its current size and turn it into a giant biomedical campus with many different research facilities. The Cancer Centre is already complete and is due to open in late 2006, whilst the new Cardio-Thoracic facility is under construction.
Open Day
The hospital holds a free open day every two years allowing the public to see areas of the hospital which would usually be inaccessible. Tours available include visiting the mortuary, the hospital's operating theatres and the roof of the building. The tours are colour coded according to the area of medicine they involve. The next open day is scheduled for Saturday 17th May 2008.