Six more Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) will open this year, joining the 106 centres that are already providing patients services closer to home and the 32 previously announced to open in 2023. The target is for up to 160 CDCs to open across England by 2025.
The new centres are:
• North Lincolnshire CDC - situated in a car park in Scunthorpe town centre, the facility will offer more than 146,000 additional checks a year. This will include ultrasound checks, blood tests and CT and MRI scans
• Pitsea CDC - opening in the next few months it will provide up to 46,000 tests, checks and scans a year. Located in a retail park, it will boost the number of endoscopy rooms in the regions for cancer patients and offer potentially life-saving CT and MRI scans
• Ilkeston Community Hospital (Walton) CDC - providing more than 100,000 tests, checks and scans per year, it will be based at Walton NHS Community Hospital and give patients access to ultrasound checks, X-rays and cardiology and respiratory diagnostics
• North Solihull CDC - based on a commercial retail site in Chelmsley Wood, North Solihull, it will offer access to MRI, CT and X-ray scans, along with cardiology and respiratory diagnostics - delivering 116,000 tests, checks and scans a year
• Hereford City CDC - based on an NHS community hospital site in the city, it will offer MRI, CT and X-ray scans, alongside ultrasound and respiratory checks, alongside blood tests - delivering 38,000 tests, checks and scans a year
• Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley CDC - the facility, a refurbishment of Livingstone Community Hospital in Dartford, will offer access to ultrasound checks, blood tests, along with CT and MRI scans
The CDC programme has delivered over 3.8 million additional tests, checks and scans since July 2021, from centres located in a variety of settings, including shopping centres and university campuses.
