Addenbrooke's Hospital :Neurosciences Critical Care Unit

General information

Over 900 patients are treated each year on the NCCU. Of these approximately 75% have a neurological or neurosurgically related illness. About a hundred of these patients have severe head injuries requiring intensive care. Other patients admitted as emergencies have diagnoses including uncontrolled epilepsy, stroke, and respiratory failure as a result of diseases of nerves or muscles, or are admitted following neurosurgery. Most of these patients are from East Anglia, but others are referred from other parts of the UK or the rest of the world.