In the reception area of the main entrance to Addenbrooke’s Hospital is a huge pillar. On that pillar is some amazing facts on the hospital. These fun facts show just how important and special our medical staff are:
Walking from one end of the hospital to the other would be like walking over 1000 steps. This is almost half a mile or the same as walking the length of 11 football pitches.
Over 10,000 staff work at the hospital.
There are 3143 bicycle parking spaces.
A porter walks over 11 miles during an average 12 hour shift.
The Trust generates about 75 tons of waste every 7 days. That’s like: 3 dinosaurs, 3 whales, 4 elephants, 5 hippos and 6 giraffes.
Isn’t that just incredible?
Addenbrooke’s has a rich history of breaking the barriers of modern medicine and providing compassionate care for everyone in their community.
Addenbrooke’s and The Rosie hospitals have been helping people and improving medicine for over 300 years. Take a look at the history:
1719: John Addenbrooke left money to start a hospital in Cambridge.
1766: Addenbrooke’s Hospital opened with 20 beds. Ann Perry was the first matron.
1838: The Cambridge Union Workhouse was built, later becoming Mill Road Maternity Hospital in 1948.
1846: Addenbrooke’s used the first general anaesthetic.
1864-65: The hospital was expanded.
1877: The first student nurses trained at Addenbrooke’s.
1899: The House of Recovery opened in Hunstanton.
1905: Nurses were paid for their training.
1919: Cambridge University started the first medical radiology diploma in Britain.
1948: Mill Road Maternity Hospital opened. Addenbrooke’s became a teaching hospital.
1962: The Queen opened the first part of the new Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
1975: The hospital did its first open-heart surgery.
1983: The Rosie Maternity Unit opened.
1992: Addenbrooke’s became an NHS Trust.
2004: Addenbrooke’s became a Foundation Hospital.
2005: New units opened at Addenbrooke’s and The Rosie.
2007: The Queen opened the Cancer Research Centre.
2008: The Institute of Metabolic Science opened.
2013: The Queen opened the new Rosie Hospital, and a new centre for haemophilia and thrombophilia was launched.