£1.9m upgrade for A and E Departments + photo. Details of plans. Completion due Xmas 1999
Hip and knee walk with Frank Bruno (1 mile round site for and by patients with knee and hip replacements. Photo of event to raise money for ?opaedic Research
Jen Ferry new Maternity Services Manager + photo and brief CV
NVQ award ceremony. NVQ awards for operating department practitioners introduced in 1992 and photo
Introducing new Chief Nurse, Margaret Berry photo and brief CV
Oncology Department £2.4m improvement - Government go-ahead given 18mths for completion
New Cottages Day Hospital, Ely, 10th anniversary - Photos (part of Addenbrooke’s NHS Trust)
Ken Grant , New Portering Manager - Photo and brief CV
New Nursery (Crèche) to open on Ida Darwin site (called Mallards) To supplement Bunnybrooke’s and to be run by Kids Unlimited
Peter Lester Security Manager -photo plus details of CCTV System manned 24hrs a day and foot patrols.
Main Entrance and reception area - New canopy and new reception Jul-Dec.
Access to Addenbrooke’s and photo of Glenda Jackson with Chairman Tony Deakin. Scheme to reduce car park problems and encourage healthy transport (cycles)
Duke of Edinburgh visits new Centre of Clinical Investigation (ACCI). Photo and description
Hannah Ayres presents cheque to Cambridge Hearing Trust. Photo of Hannah with Mr Roger Gray. First patient to have cochlear implanted and new ear.
Patient Line installed and operated by SmartCards, gives patients access to telephone, radio and TV at bedside.
Overseas Y2K visit + photo. 12 government officials visit Addenbrooke’s to see out strategy (led by Tim Hawkey) to avoid ‘Millennium Bug’ affecting our computers. Good Ideas Practice awards