Our hospitals have a rich history of breaking the barriers of modern medicine and providing compassionate care for our community.
The old Addenbrooke's Hospital site based on Trumpington Street, Cambridge
Our hospitals' story
AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and The Rosie hospitals have been helping people and improving medicine for many years. HereÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ a simple look at their history:
- 1719: John Addenbrooke left money to start a hospital in Cambridge.
- 1766: AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 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: AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ used the first general anaesthetic.
- 1864-65: The hospital was expanded.
- 1877: The first student nurses trained at AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½.
- 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. AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ became a teaching hospital.
- 1962: The Queen opened the first part of the new AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Hospital.
- 1975: The hospital did its first open-heart surgery.
- 1983: The Rosie Maternity Unit opened.
- 1992: AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ became an ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Trust.
- 2004: AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ became a Foundation Hospital.
- 2005: New units opened at AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 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.
These are just some of the key moments in the long history of AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and The Rosie, continuing to provide great care to the community.