"I want to be part of the team that looked after me"

When Rachael Medlock broke her spine in three places in a car crash, it was the support of friends, family and hospital staff that gave her the strength to recover from her life-threatening injuries. And now Rachael, 19, is poised to begin her career as a nurse at the hospital that saved her life.

Doctors did not know if Rachael would survive or walk again, but she made a remarkable recovery and plans to start training as a nurse in October. "I want to go back to Addenbrooke's and I want to be part of the team that looked after me. It's amazing what they did to save my life," she said.

Rachael has now completed a course in health and social care and has provisionally accepted to start a three-year nursing course at Anglia Ruskin University, with a placement at Addenbrooke's.