The history of Royal Papworth Hospital - a Foundation Trust Membership event

The history of Royal Papworth Hospital 

Royal Papworth Hospital is now part of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus but started its history more than a century ago in Papworth Everard as a tuberculosis sanatorium and village settlement. Unique for its scheme and its success, Papworth village settlement became a world-famous model in the treatment of TB.

Join Lalie Constantin, Heritage Officer at Royal Papworth Hospital, to discover the story of this extraordinary village, and how it became the leading heart and lung hospital in the UK.

Learn more about the daily life of villagers, gruesome early treatments, work in the famous pendragon industries, and key pioneering heart surgeries through extracts and images from the hospital's archives and clips from oral history recordings of local inhabitants.

This FREE event is exclusive for Foundation Trust Members but as member, you can bring guests with you - the more the merrier! Just be sure to book enough tickets for your party.

Not yet a member? Sign up now - it is free and there is no minimum commitment! 

Any questions? Email papworth.foundation.trust@nhs.net

About the speaker

Lalie Constantin holds a BA Art History from the University of Cambridge, and an MA Curatorship from the Warburg Institute, University of London. She holds the position of Heritage Officer (i.e. curator and archivist) at Royal Papworth Hospital, where she cares for a collection of early twentieth-century medical and social history items relating to the history of the hospital. Alongside her roles, Lalie continues her research in the representation of disability and domesticity in art.

Getting to the venue - Hills Road Sixth Form College

Parking is limited on site so it is recommended to use public transport. Details on how to get to Hills Road can be found on the College's website.

If you have any accessibility requirements, please email papworth.foundation.trust@nhs.net