Addenbrooke’s celebrates national awards success

Addenbrooke’s Hospital is celebrating today after being recognised in prestigious national awards.

The hospital was shortlisted at the Health Service Journal awards, which took place in London last night.

The annual awards are open to all NHS trusts to demonstrate excellence in patient care and organisational management.

Dr Gareth Goodier, Addenbrooke’s chief executive, said: "We are pleased to have been shortlisted for the category of Acute Healthcare Organisation of the Year. The competition was tough and we were up against some excellent organisations, which makes the award even more valuable to us".

"Of course we would not have been able to achieve this without our staff: they make Addenbrooke’s the respected and world-class organisation that it is"

"Although the award recognises that we deliver excellent care that is right at the cutting edge, we are not complacent. The feedback we get from events like this helps us to focus on our top priorities as a healthcare organisation: improving patient safety, the patient experience and the quality of information we provide about our services. One of our biggest challenges is to make sure we don’t take our focus off improving patient care."

A team of staff, representing many different roles, picked up the award last night at a special ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel in London.