Improvement


The centre will improve the quality of services by providing facilities built specifically to accommodate the requirements of particular departments. The Central Sterile Services Department for example is currently housed in cramped and outdated facilities with no room to take on additional work. The new CSSD will enable the Trust to meet the latest national decontamination standards, provide sufficient capacity to allow a service to be provided to Papworth Hospital when they come on site and to realise income generation opportunities in providing services to other healthcare organisations.

Development


We are investing in the future of the Trust by providing means of expansion and facilitating new ways of working.

Whilst we have been making do with the space we have in our current buildings for expansion, the new building will mean that now we have the room and 'luxury' to develop according to our needs. The vacated sections of the old buildings will have the opportunity to be upgraded and transformed in response to the changing market. The extra space gives us room to manoeuvre for future growth.

The advances in science and medicine have highlighted the importance of the links between research and its translation to patient care. In bringing associated departments together the hospital can strengthen the relationship between the laboratory bench and the bedside.

 

Opportunity for Expansion


The success of Cambridge as a research and business community has led to increased demands on the clinical and research facilities on the Addenbrooke's site. The original concept for the development noted in the Trust's 2020 Vision Briefing Documents note that as Cambridge's population increases, activity in the hospital will continue to rise year-on-year, meaning that meeting our targets will be increasingly harder. For example, in the next few years Endoscopy workload is set to increase by 30%.

Last updated: April, 2007