Broadcaster Davina McCall has narrated a new short film promoting the planned Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, following her own diagnosis with breast cancer in October last year. The 58-year-old, who received the 'all clear' in April after surgery, described meeting staff delivering cutting-edge cancer treatment as an honour.
McCall, who also underwent surgery in 2024 to remove a benign brain tumour, said in the narration: “Cancer touches every life; for many of us, it becomes part of our story, but here in Cambridge, something extraordinary is happening. Patients, doctors and scientists are coming together with one shared purpose, to change what a cancer diagnosis means.”
The film features visualisations of the new hospital, which will combine clinical expertise at Addenbrooke’s Hospital with leading scientists from the University of Cambridge and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre. Construction is expected to begin in 2027.
The film also includes Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald OBE, inventor of the capsule sponge test for oesophageal cancer, and Dr Hugo Ford, director of cancer services at Addenbrooke’s. Dr Ford said the hospital will “unite world-class healthcare with cutting-edge research to transform the way we prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.”
