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The Latest Breaking News from Royal Papworth Hospital

Sir Terence English: Surgeon who led first UK’s first heart transplant dies aged 93

Sir Terence English completed the first successful human transplant in 1979

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2025

Surgeon who led UK’s first successful heart transplant operation dies aged 93

Sir Terence English studied mining engineering at university in Johannesburg before deciding to switch to medicine, at Guy’s Hospital in London.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2025

Hospital pays out compensation after infection outbreak linked to water supply

There were three patient deaths, two of them as a result of complications linked to the outbreak at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

Evening Standard · Aug 20, 2025

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AI-powered app could be ‘revolutionary’ for cystic fibrosis patients

The latest version of Breathe RM uses an algorithm that can predict when patients are going to get ill up to 10 days in advance.

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2023

Woman celebrates 40 years since life-saving heart transplant

Sandy Law, 67, is thought to be one of the longest-surviving heart transplant patients in the world.

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022

Pregnant mum with Covid goes into 4-month coma and spends entire YEAR in hospital

Nicoleta Tuna, who was admitted to hospital in October 2021 before being placed in a coma for four months, has finally been able to go home to her infant daughter

Daily Mirror · Nov 18, 2022

Lung transplant patient dies from infection linked to contaminated water at hospital

Concerns over a lack of guidance to hospitals around identifying and controlling multidrug-resistant bacteria have been expressed after two women died at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge in 2020

Daily Mirror · Nov 15, 2022

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Two transplant patients died of infection linked to contaminated water

Royal Papworth Hospital was relocated to a new site in Cambridge in May 2019.

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022

Woman returns to hospital after 35 years to thank surgeon who saved her life as a child

Katie Mitchell was one of the first patients to have a heart-lung transplant in 1987, with doctors at Royal Papworth Hospital believing it could give her an extra four or five years

Daily Mirror · Sep 29, 2022

Woman is reunited with her heart-lung transplant surgeon 35 years on

Katie Mitchell had been diagnosed at age 11, in 1983, with Eisenmenger Syndrome, where there is irregular blood flow in the heart and lungs.

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

Dad who thought chest pain was trapped wind was '20 minutes away from death'

Lee Overall was just 28 when he had a heart attack while out on a fishing trip with his dad. He fell to the floor in pain

Daily Mirror · Jul 15, 2022

Woman has 'lost so many years' to rare sleep condition which causes excessive day time sleepiness

Helena Smythe takes daily naps of two to three hours

Wales Online · Mar 24, 2022

Boy who's never had haircut gets waist-length locks chopped in support of mum

Eli McGee got the chop to raise money for Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, which treated his mum Becky Barrett when she was diagnosed with lung cancer in December

Daily Mirror · Feb 20, 2022

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