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Celebrating 45 years of successful heart transplant surgery
8 February 2024This Heart Month, Heart Research UK and Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are celebrating 45 years since the UK's first successful heart transplant surgery, which revolutionised heart transplantation in the country.
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Award-winning positive reporting tool hits 10,000th ‘Laudit’
6 February 2024Laudit is a simple, quick and effective way for healthcare staff to recognise colleagues’ achievements and celebrate everyday excellence
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Patients amongst first in Europe to have new defibrillator implanted to protect against sudden cardiac arrest
5 February 2024The new EV-ICD will help treat abnormal heart rhythms and represents the first major development in ICD technology for more than a decade.
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New nationwide lung transplant scheme with urgent categories dramatically reduced waiting times for sickest patientss
2 February 2024The creation of a nationwide organ transplant allocation policy has successfully enabled the sickest patients to receive transplants sooner, a new research paper shows.
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Professor John Wallwork retires as Dr Jag Ahluwalia becomes new chairman
31 January 2024Professor Wallwork retires after 42 years of NHS service, leaving behind a legacy at Royal Papworth and in the world of transplantation.
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Dr Charlotte Paddison appointed as new associate non-executive director
31 January 2024Dr Paddison has more than a decade of experience working in senior leadership roles in health research and policy.
