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Department of Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering

Providing a comprehensive range of scientific and technical services

Head of Department: Dr. Peter Jarritt

Contact: Box 152, Tel: 01223 216 472 (general enquiries); Fax: 01223 257 137

The Department of Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering provides a comprehensive range of scientific and technical services to support the treatment of patients, both within Cambridge University Hospitals and through a range of specialist services provided to other Trusts in East Anglia.

Physicists, engineers and technicians offer services ranging from managing over 12,400 items of highly specialised medical equipment, to providing specialist advice on the safe use of radiation, and providing essential physics support for radiotherapy treatments for patients with cancer.

The Department works through a number of divisions:

(1) Clinical Engineering:
This section has four specialist sections:

• Medical Electronics

• Anaesthetic & Clinical Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• Renal Technical Services
  R&D Support offered by Clinical Engineering

(2) Radiation Protection
(3) Radiotherapy Physics

There are also physicists working in Nuclear Medicine and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Radiology Directorate home page).

To find out more about the work of the Department, see the current version of the Departmental Report, which is available from the Department office (see contact details below or e-mail to request a copy). Previous versions are on the Addenbrooke's Archive website.

Also on this website:

• Healthcare Scientists Ambassador Scheme - Scientists in the NHS - come and join us! Flyer (as PDF)

On other websites:

• From the National Radiological Protection Board: X-rays how safe are they?

• NHS Trainee Clinical Scientist Recruitment Site

For further information please contact: The Department of Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering, Box 152, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ; Tel: 01223 216 472 (general enquiries); Fax: 01223 257 137